Hewitt v. United States

Hewitt v. United States, 606 U.S. ___ (2025), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that all first-time 18 U.S.C. §924(c) offenders who appear for sentencing after the First Step Act's enactment date, including those whose previous §924(c) sentences have been vacated and who thus need to be resentenced, are subject to the Act’s revised penalties.^[1][2]

Hewitt v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 26, 2025
Full case name	Hewitt v. United States
Docket no.	23–1002
Citations	606 U.S. ___ (more)
Holding
All first-time 18 U.S.C. §924(c) offenders who appear for sentencing after the First Step Act's enactment date, including those whose previous §924(c) sentences have been vacated and who thus need to be resentenced, are subject to the Act’s revised penalties.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas · Samuel Alito Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan Neil Gorsuch · Brett Kavanaugh Amy Coney Barrett · Ketanji Brown Jackson
Case opinions
Majority	Jackson
Dissent	Alito, joined by Thomas, Kavanaugh, Barrett