From the American Bar Association Criminal Justice Section;
Hewitt v. United States
“(Justice Jackson delivered the opinion of the Court with respect to Parts I, II, and III, in which Chief Justice Roberts and Justices Sotomayor, Kagan, and Gorsuch joined, and an opinion with respect to Parts IV and V, in which Justices Sotomayor, Kagan and Alito joined. Justice Alito filed a dissenting opinion, in which Justices Thomas, Kavanaugh and Barrett joined.)”
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