No. 23-7762

Christopher McPherson v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-06-20
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure-appeal drug-trafficking felon-in-possession firearm-possession fourth-circuit-review plain-error-standard rehaif-test sentencing sentencing-discretion sufficiency-of-evidence
Key Terms:
Securities Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-09-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Circuit erred in upholding the convictions on Count V and Count IV

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred by failing to reverse the conviction on Count V of the Superseding Indictment Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug Trafficking Crime (18 U.S.C. Sec. 924(c) (1) (A)) where the evidence was insufficient and the prosecution’s failure was clear? II. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred, under a Plain Error standard, by failing to reverse the conviction on Count IV of the Superseding Indictment — Felon in Possession of a Firearm (18 U.S.C. Sec. 922(g) (1)and 924(a) (2)) where the Government failed the Rehaif test and the evidence was insufficient and the prosecution’s failure was clear? III. Whether the Fourth Circuit erred, ‘under the “reasonableness” and the “deferential abuse-of-discretion standard,” by failing to reverse the sentences on both Count V and IV based on the insufficiency of the evidence underlying the convictions, and the failure of the record to support by a preponderance of the evidence drug trafficking by Mr. McPherson? i RULE 14.1(b) STATEMENT There are no parties in addition to those listed in the caption. ii

Docket Entries

2024-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2024-07-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/30/2024.
2024-06-26
Waiver of United States of right to respond submitted.
2024-06-26
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-06-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 22, 2024)

Attorneys

Christopher McPherson
Peter L. GoldmanPeter L. Goldman, Esq. , Petitioner
Peter L. GoldmanPeter L. Goldman, Esq. , Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. Prelogar — Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent