Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch sided with the U.S. Supreme Court's four ...
WASHINGTON - Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch sided with the U.S. Supreme Court’s four liberal members on Monday in striking down as unconstitutionally vague a law imposing stiff criminal sentences for people convicted of certain crimes involving firearms.
The court invalidated the firearms convictions of two men prosecuted in Texas on a variety of charges for their roles in a series of 2014 gas station robberies in Texas. Although the robbers were armed, no shots were fired. Gorsuch said Congress could pass a more specific law to address the issue, but added that “no matter how tempting, this court is not in the business of writing new statutes to right every social wrong it may perceive.”
Davis was originally sentenced to 41 years in prison. Glover faced a 50-year sentence. Both likely will now get shorter sentences. The decision does not affect their other convictions.
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