Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the 'knowingly' provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime?
Question Presented (OCR Extract)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether the “knowingly” provision of 18 U.S.C. § 924(a)(2) applies to both the possession and status elements of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) crime? This Court recently granted certiorari to address this question in Rehaif v. United States, No. 17-9560. 2. Whether expert testimony concerning a defendant’s intellectual disability and mental health conditions — such as Petitioner’s full-scale IQ of 61 and diagnosis of schizophrenia paranoid type — is relevant and admissible to support a justification defense to a § 922(g) crime? 3. Whether a mandatory-minimum sentence of 15 years in prison violates the Due Process Clause and the Eighth Amendment, because the sentencing court is afforded no discretion to impose a lower sentence based on the defendant’s intellectual disability and mental health conditions? i
2019-06-28
Motion to proceed in forma pauperis and petition for a writ of certiorari GRANTED. Judgment VACATED and case REMANDED for further consideration in light of Rehaif v. United States, 588 U. S. ___ (2019).
2019-06-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/27/2019.
2019-05-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/13/2019.
2019-05-10
Memorandum of respondent United States of America filed.
2019-04-17
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including May 10, 2019.
2019-04-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 26, 2019 to May 10, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-03-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from March 27, 2019 to April 26, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-03-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including April 26, 2019.
2019-02-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including March 27, 2019.
2019-02-22
Motion to extend the time to file a response from February 25, 2019 to March 27, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-01-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 25, 2019)