--- title: "Terry v. United States" citation: "Terry v. United States, 593 U.S. 486 (2021)" authority_id: "AUTH-SCOTUS-TERRY-593-US-486" authority_type: "case" jurisdiction: "federal_nationwide" precedential_status: "binding" official_url: "https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/20pdf/20-5904_i4dk.pdf" url: "https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/authorities/AUTH-SCOTUS-TERRY-593-US-486/" legal_review: "2026-08-25" links_checked: "2026-10-15" links_available: 1 links_checked_count: 1 license: "CC BY 4.0" --- # Terry v. United States ## Holding used The Fair Sentencing Act did not modify the statutory penalties for Terry's 21 U.S.C. § 841(b)(1)(C) offense, so it was not a covered offense under First Step Act § 404. ## Material limitation The holding turns on the statutory penalties for the offense of conviction. It does not itself resolve multi-count sentencing packages or every offense affected by Fair Sentencing Act §§ 2 and 3. ## Official source and pinpoint 593 U.S. 486, 492–94: ## Used in - [First Step Act § 404 — Retroactive Fair Sentencing Act Relief](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/70-sentence-modification/first-step-act-section-404.md) - [Rules 35 and 36 — Sentence Correction, Assistance, Record Error, and Appeals](https://jason93.com/legal/federal-process/modules/70-sentence-modification/rules-35-36-and-modification-appeals.md)