Trenard Caldwell v. United States
SocialSecurity DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether a defendant's guilty plea to a violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g) is reversible error per se where the plea was neither knowing nor voluntary due to the defendant not being advised that knowledge-of-status is a crucial element of the offense
QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Where a defendant pled guilty to a violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g) prior to Rehaif y. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2029), and it is undisputed that the plea was neither knowing nor voluntary because he was not told that knowledge-of-status is a crucial element of the offense, is such a plea entered in clear violation of the Due Process Clause reversible error per se, or must a defendant prove that he would not have pled had he been advised of the knowledgeof-status element? i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no