No. 22-6323

Luis R. Figueroa-Gonzalez v. United States

Lower Court: First Circuit
Docketed: 2022-12-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence firearm-alteration firearms knowledge-inference machine-gun mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation supervised-release
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the presence of a visible alteration in a seized firearm is sufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove that the defendant knew of the features of the firearm that bring it within the purview of the statutory definition of a machine gun?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the presence of a visible alteration in a seized firearm is sufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove that the defendant knew of the features of the firearm that bring it within the purview of the statutory definition of a machine gun?

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2023-01-10
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2022-12-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 17, 2023)

Attorneys

Luis R. Figueroa-Gonzalez
Raul Santiago MarianiMariani Franco Law, PSC, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent