No. 20-6212

Carlos Miguel Perez v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-05
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: 18-usc-924 circuit-split criminal-procedure felon-in-possession plain-error-review rehaif-standard rehaif-v-united-states statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
DueProcess
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant's conviction for felon-in-possession can be affirmed despite failure to prove knowledge of prohibited status

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW Whether This Court Should Grant the Petition to Resolve a Circuit Split Regarding Whether Under Plain Error Review, a Defendant’s Conviction for Felon-in-Possession of a Firearm in Violation of 18 U.S.C. §§924(a)(2) and 922(g) Can Be Affirmed, Even Though the Government Failed to Charge or Prove, and the Jury Failed to Find, the Essential Element of Knowledge of Prohibited Status Required Pursuant to Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019)? i INTERESTED PARTIES There are no

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.
2020-12-03
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 6, 2021.
2020-12-02
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 7, 2020 to January 6, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-10-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 7, 2020)

Attorneys

Carlos Perez
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Margaret Yvonne FoldesFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent