No. 20-5252
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 18-usc-922 18-usc-924 criminal-conviction criminal-law due-process firearm-offense knowingly-element mens-rea rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states status-elements statutory-interpretation
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether Mr. Grace was illegally charged with, and unknowingly convicted of,
a crime that was not an offense against the United States, in light of the Supreme
Court's holding in Rehaif v. United States, 588 U.S. __, 189 S. Ct. 2191 (2019),
clarifying that the term "knowingly" in 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies not only to the
"possession" element, but also to each of the "status" elements, in § 922(g)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether Mr. Grace was illegally charged with, and unknowingly convicted of, a crime that was not an offense against the United States
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 3, 2020)
Attorneys
Garry Grace
Robin Farnsworth — Federal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent