knowledge-inference

Case	Title	Lower Court	Docketed	Status	Flags	Tags	Question Presented
25-6663	Richard Kirkland Johnson v. United States	Fourth Circuit	2026-01-23	Pending	Response WaivedIFP	constructive-possession criminal-law criminal-procedure firearm-possession knowledge-inference temporary-occupancy	Whether the mere presence of a firearm in a bag on a shelf in a residence is sufficient to presume a defendant's knowledge and constructive possession…
24A120	Matthew Peddicord v. United States	Eleventh Circuit	2024-08-01	Presumed Complete		criminal-evidence evidence-404b felon-in-possession knowledge-inference prior-conviction propensity-reasoning	Whether the admission of a prior felony conviction under Federal Rule of Evidence 404(b) for propensity purposes violates a defendant's due process ri…
22-6323	Luis R. Figueroa-Gonzalez v. United States	First Circuit	2022-12-16	Denied	Response WaivedIFP	circumstantial-evidence criminal-law evidence firearm-alteration firearms knowledge-inference machine-gun mens-rea statutory-definition statutory-interpretation supervised-release	Whether the presence of a visible alteration in a seized firearm is sufficient to satisfy the government's burden to prove that the defendant knew of …