Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in one case:
Dubin v. United States, No 22-10: This case involves the federal aggravated identity theft statute, which provides that during and in relation to specified felonies, a person who “knowingly transfers, possesses, or uses without lawful authority, a means of identification of another person shall, in addition to the punishment provided for such felony, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment of 2 years.” 18 U.S.C. § 1028A(a)(1). This case presents the following question: Whether a person commits aggravated identity theft any time he mentions or otherwise recites someone else’s name while committing a predicate offence.