United States v. Tsarnaev

United States v. Tsarnaev
Argued October 13, 2021
Decided March 4, 2022
Full case nameUnited States v. Tsarnaev
Docket no.20-443
Citations595 U.S. 302 (more)
ArgumentOral argument
Holding
A defendant is entitled to an impartial panel of jurors, not necessarily a panel of jurors who know nothing about the case. Death sentence reinstated.
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Clarence Thomas · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Brett Kavanaugh · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
MajorityThomas, joined by Roberts, Alito, Gorsuch, Kavanaugh, Barrett
ConcurrenceBarrett, joined by Gorsuch
DissentBreyer, joined by Sotomayor, Kagan (except Part II–C)

United States v. Tsarnaev, 595 U.S. 302 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a defendant is entitled to an impartial panel of jurors, not necessarily a panel of jurors who know nothing about the case. The decision reinstated Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's death sentence for his role in the Boston Marathon bombing.