No. 19-6262

Liddon Young v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: aiding-abetting aiding-and-abetting burden-of-proof criminal-intent federal-firearms-law felon-possession firearm-disposal firearms-transfer knowledge-requirement mens-rea prohibited-persons prosecution-burden prosecution-strategy statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2019-11-15
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Government must prove that the defendant knew the person to whom he disposed of a firearm belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(d) and § 924(a)(2)

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED ; . . 1. Since the Supreme Court has now held, in Rehaif v. United States, that ina prosecution under §922(g) and §924(a)(2), the Government must prove both that the defendant knew he possessed a firearm and that he knew he belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm, does the Government have to prove, in a prosecution under §922(d) and §924(a)(2), that the defendant knew that the person he disposed a firearm to belonged to the relevant category of persons barred from possessing a firearm? : 2. Since every sale or disposing to a felon can be described as aiding and abetting a felon's possession of the firearm, should the Government's burden of proof be lowered simply because it chooses to prosecute a defendant under §922(d) instead of §922(g) under aiding and abetting? i

Docket Entries

2019-11-18
Petition DENIED.
2019-10-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/15/2019.
2019-10-24
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-09-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 12, 2019)

Attorneys

Liddon Young
Liddon Young — Petitioner
Liddon Young — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent