Barrett v. United States · ¶36

This case therefore turns on the analysis's second step: discerning whether Congress clearly intended to authorize multiple convictions for one act that violates both § 924(c) (1)(A)(i) and §924(j). To ascertain such intent, we turn to statutory text, structure, and (for those who accept its help) legislative history. See Garrett, 471 U. S., at 779; United States v. Woodward, 469 U. S. 105, 109 (1985) (per curiam) (consulting “[a]ll guides to legislative intent”). Only if those tools leave us certain that Congress intended to break from its normal practice and authorize multiple convictions for the same offense will we shed the presumption.

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