Glover v. United States

Glover v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 27, 2000 Decided January 9, 2001
Full case name	Paul L. Glover v. United States
Citations	531 U.S. 198 (more) 121 S. Ct. 696; 148 L. Ed. 2d 604
Case history
Prior	On Writ of Certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Subsequent	Case reversed and remanded to correct sentencing error
Holding
A significant increase in a prison sentence is not required in order to show prejudice in a claim for ineffective assistance of counsel.
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Case opinion
Majority	Kennedy, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
US amend. V, Sentencing Guidelines

Glover v. United States, 531 U.S. 198 (2001), was a United States Supreme Court case decided in 2001. The case dealt with a technical question of law relating to whether a showing of prejudice in incorrect sentencing decisions is required for a correction of that sentence.