No. 19-7007October Term 2019Decided Jun 1, 2020
Furlow v. United States
Furlow v.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Jun 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
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- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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