The Government seehs to have defendants sentenced
under both the CarJacking
statute and the firearm statute.
The issue befire the Court is whether sentencing
defendants
inder both statutes violates the Dauble Jeopardy
Clause of
he fifth Amendment?
defined the crime of Car Jacking and set
Congress
the
enalty in 1992. The CarJacking
statute, enacted well after the
mendment of the frear statute, does not carry an enhanced
enaty or the use of a frear as the ue of a frea is
element of the offense itself?

Whether sentencing defendants under both the Carjacking Statute and the Firearm Statute violates the Double Jeopardy Clause