538 U.S. 11 (2003) Cited 2,711 times 2 Legal Analyses
Holding sentence of twenty-five years to life for theft of three golf clubs, valued at approximately $1200, was not violative of the Eighth Amendment, given defendant's prior felony convictions
Holding that although "some form of heightened scrutiny would be appropriate," strict scrutiny was not necessary, and instead applying intermediate scrutiny
Holding that a fee-reimbursement order must be based on the district court's "finding that there are specific funds, assets, or asset streams (or the fixed right to those funds, assets or asset streams) that are identified by the court and available to the defendant for the repayment of the court-appointed attorneys' fees"
Holding that § 922(g) was constitutional as applied to individual convicted of felony robbery who "beat the victim so badly that the victim required sixty-five stitches"
Holding that "the prohibition of § 922(g) does not violate the Second Amendment on its face, but . . . that it remains subject to as-applied constitutional challenges"
18 U.S.C. § 922 Cited 60,065 times 181 Legal Analyses
Finding that "even before the sale of a firearm, the gun, its component parts, ammunition, and the raw materials from which they are made have considerably moved in interstate commerce"