guilty-knowledge

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-5907 Cory Collin Fitzgerald Sanders v. United States Fourth Circuit 2025-10-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP criminal-procedure evidence-inference guilty-knowledge jury-instruction specific-intent willful-intent In a federal criminal prosecution that requires proof of specific intent, may a court instruct the jury that it may infer willful intent or guilty kno…
20-1167 Jose Susumo Azano Matsura v. United States Ninth Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied firearm-possession guilty-knowledge plain-error-review rehaif-v-united-states second-amendment-rights statutory-exceptions unconstitutionally-vague visa-holder 1. Should the Court grant review to clarify that the guilty knowledge of status element under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(B), means knowledge that one's leg…