UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 98-1696.

529 U.S. 53 (2000)

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

United States Supreme Court.

Decided March 1, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barbara McDowell argued the cause for the United States. With her on the briefs were Solicitor General Waxman, Assistant Attorney General Robinson, Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben, and Richard A. Friedman.

Kevin M. Schad argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Kennedy, J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.


Justice Kennedy, delivered the opinion of the Court.

An offender had been serving time in federal prison for multiple felonies when two of his convictions were declared invalid. As a result, he had served too much prison time and was at once set free, but a term of supervised release was yet to be served on the remaining convictions. The question becomes whether the excess prison time should be credited to the supervised release term, reducing its length. Bound by...

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