Molina-Martinez v. United States

Molina-Martinez v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued January 12, 2016 Decided April 20, 2016
Full case name	Saul Molina-Martinez, Petitioner v. United States
Docket nos.	14-8913
Citations	578 U.S. ___ (more)
Opinion Announcement	Opinion announcement
Holding
Courts may not have rigid requirements for additional evidence in proceedings to remedy incorrect sentencing guidelines.
Court membership
Chief Justice John G. Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy Clarence Thomas · Ruth Bader Ginsburg Stephen Breyer · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan
Case opinions
Majority	Kennedy, joined by Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Concurrence	Alito, joined by Thomas
Laws applied
Peugh v. United States

Molina-Martinez v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's reliance on a requirement that defendants show "additional evidence" to show substantial harm arising from incorrect sentencing guidelines is impermissible.^[1][2]

References

1. Molina-Martinez v. United States, 578 U.S. ___ (2016)
2. "Molina-Martinez v. United States". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved 22 April 2016.