No. 19-8679

Dan Reed v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (4)IFP
Tags: appellate-review criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process jury-instructions rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-knowledge statutory-interpretation substantial-rights united-states-v-reed
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 4 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

In Rehaif v. United States, this Court held that 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(a)(2) require the government to prove that "the defendant knew he possessed a firearm and also that he knew he had the relevant status when he possessed it." 139 S. Ct. 2191, 2194 (2019). One "relevant status" is that the defendant have a prior conviction for "a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year." 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(l).

The circuits are expressly split in cases that were tried to a jury and pending on direct appeal when this Court decided Rehaif. The questions presented by this petition are:

1. Whether, in determining if a defendant's substantial rights were affected by the failure of the indictment to charge, and the government to prove to the jury, that the defendant knew his relevant status, the courts of appeals may consider the "entire" record, including a presentence report containing facts about a defendant's prior convictions that were not admitted or offered to be admitted at trial.

2. Whether, even if the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, a court of appeals errs by considering only certain non-trial evidence, and not considering evidence on the record tending to show that the defendant lacks the requisite knowledge of his status.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the courts of appeals may consider the entire record, including a presentence report, in determining if a defendant's substantial rights were affected by the failure to prove the defendant knew his relevant status

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-06-14
Supplemental brief of petitioner Dan Reed filed. (Distributed)
2021-01-07
Supplemental brief of petitioner Dan Reed filed. (Distributed)
2020-12-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-12-04
Rescheduled.
2020-12-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/8/2021.
2020-11-25
Reply of petitioner Dan Reed filed.
2020-10-09
Brief of respondent United States filed.
2020-08-31
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including October 9, 2020.
2020-08-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from September 9, 2020 to October 9, 2020, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-08-10
Response Requested. (Due September 9, 2020)
2020-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 13, 2020)

Attorneys

Dan Reed
M. Allison GuagliardoOffice of the Federal Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent