Justices Will Consider Double Jeopardy Claim in Violent Crime

The US Supreme Court agreed to hear a double jeopardy case that asks if someone can be sentenced for both carrying a gun and murdering someone with it during a crime of violence.

In an order Monday, the court accepted an appeal from Dwayne Barrett, who faces sentences for aiding the use of a gun and aiding the use of a gun that killed a man during an armed robbery in 2011.

Barrett argues the court should resolve this dispute by holding a defendant may be punished for either one or the other but not both offenses under 18 U.S.C. ...