Government Overreached in Identity Theft Case, Supreme Court Rules Unanimouslyhttps://www.theepochtimes.com/government-overreached-in-identity-theft-case-supreme-court-rules-unanimously_5321202.html?utm_source=partner&utm_campaign=BonginoReportThe Supreme Court limited the reach of the federal Identity Theft Penalty Enhancement Act, unanimously rebuffing the Biden administration’s efforts to prosecute a man already convicted of Medicaid fraud with a separate charge of aggravated identity theft arising out of the same fraud case.
The 9–0 opinion (pdf) in Dubin v. United States (court file 22-10) was issued on June 8 and authored by Justice Sonia Sotomayor. Justice Neil Gorsuch filed a separate concurring opinion.
Hmmmmm ... this decision could have implications for cases where a person was found Not Guilty in state court and then the Feds prosecute for denial of civil rights for the same incident (e.g. the cops in the Rodney King case). Whether or not the Los Angeles County jury's decision was strictly correct (I believe it was, the ugliness of the incident notwithstanding), IMO, GHWB's Justice Department's prosecution of the officers violated the USC's clause forbidding double jeopardy.
