Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States
SocialSecurity Securities
Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon is automatically entitled to plain error relief if the district court did not advise him that one element of that offense is knowledge of his status as a felon
QUESTION PRESENTED Whether a defendant who pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a), is automatically entitled to plain error relief if the district court did not advise him that one element of that offense is knowledge of his status as a felon, regardless of whether he can show that the district court’s error affected the outcome of the proceedings. 1! 1 This question is also presented in several other pending petitions, including United States v. Gary, Sup. Ct. No. 20-444 (pet. filed Oct. 5, 2020). i