No. 20-6373

Cordarrius Bonds v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-11-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: criminal-procedure felon-in-possession firearm-possession knowledge-of-status plain-error plea-bargaining sixth-amendment sixth-circuit-precedent structural-error
Key Terms:
DueProcess JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a defendant who pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm is entitled to automatic plain-error reversal when the plea was neither knowing nor voluntary due to lack of awareness that knowledge of prohibited status is a crucial element of the offense

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED L. When a defendant pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and the plea was neither knowing nor voluntary because no one was aware that knowledge of his prohibited status is a crucial element of the offense, is the defendant entitled to automatic plainerror reversal, or must the defendant prove he would not have pled guilty had he been advised of the knowledge-of-status element? I. Does the mere fact that a defendant served a sentence of more than a year for a prior conviction necessarily prove the knowledge-of-status element for conviction under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)? ii

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-02-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-15
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2020-12-15
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including January 19, 2021.
2020-12-14
Motion to extend the time to file a response from December 18, 2020 to January 19, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2020)

Attorneys

Cordarrius Bonds
Jennifer Niles CoffinFederal Defender Services of Eastern Tennessee, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent