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No. 19-7007October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020

Docket 19-7007October Term 2019 (2019–2020)

Furlow v. United States

Furlow v.

Case status

Current stage
Decided
Latest event
Decision released Jun 1, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedJun 1, 2020
What it's about

Furlow v. United States is a case reviewed by the Supreme Court following a petition for a writ of certiorari from the Fourth Circuit. The specific facts and legal issues of the case are not detailed in the available records.

Question presented

Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that a defendant who is convicted of possessing a firearm as a felon, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), is not entitled to relief on plain-error review for the district court’s failure to instruct the jury on the knowledge-of-status element required by Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), unless he makes an affirmative showing that he would not have been convicted if the jury had been so instructed?

Case path

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit / Decision released Jun 1, 2020

Area

Gun Rights