No. 20-6305

Roosevelt Leon Cooper v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-law criminal-procedure due-process felon-in-possession firearm-statute guilty-plea plain-error sentencing sentencing-error
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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 (from Petition)

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

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-02-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/19/2021.
2021-02-08
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2021-01-11
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including February 12, 2021.
2021-01-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 13, 2021 to February 12, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-12-09
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 13, 2021.
2020-12-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 14, 2020 to January 13, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 14, 2020)

Attorneys

Roosevelt Cooper
Andrew Lee AdlerFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Andrew Lee AdlerFederal Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent