Sykes v. United States

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 2011-06-09

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Justice Kagan, with whom Justice Ginsburg joins, dissenting. Vehicular flight comes in different varieties, and so too the statutes that criminalize the conduct. A person may attempt to outrun police officers by driving recklessly and at high speed, in disregard of traffic laws and with disdain for others’ safety. Or a person may fail to heed an officer’s command to pull over, but otherwise drive in a lawful mann…

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