No. 20-6192

Jamal Aikeem Hutchinson v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-02
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: appellate-review constitutional-law criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process firearms guilty-plea henderson-v-morgan plain-error plain-error-review statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can the appellate courts' divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif guilty pleas be reconciled with one another?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In Rehaif, v. United States, this Court held that “in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 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.” 139 8. Ct. 2191, 2200 (2019). Since then, the federal Courts of Appeals have taken divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif guilty pleas, where, as here, the defendant argues that his guilty plea was unknowing and involuntary because he was affirmatively misinformed about the critical elements of his § 922(g) offense. As a majority of Circuits have held, does an appellant seeking reversal based on Rehaif overcome plain error review only if he makes a specific showing that he would not have plead guilty, but for the error? Or, as the Fourth Circuit has determined, does a pre-Rehaif guilty plea present a “structural” error that automatically satisfies the third prong of plain error review and requires reversal? The question presented is: Can the appellate courts’ divergent approaches to plain error review of pre-Rehaif guilty pleas be reconciled with one another? Are the federal Courts of Appeals reviewing Rehaifrelated errors in a manner that is contrary to this Court’s precedent in Henderson v. Morgan, 426 U.S. 637, 646-47 (1976)? i

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-01-21
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-04
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2020-11-27
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 4, 2021.
2020-11-25
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 2, 2020 to January 4, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 2, 2020)

Attorneys

Jamal Hutchinson
Mackenzie S LundFederal Defenders- Middle District of Alabama, Petitioner
Mackenzie S LundFederal Defenders- Middle District of Alabama, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent