No. 19-8015October Term 2019Decided Apr 20, 2020
Cruz v. United States
This is a federal case involving an individual named Cruz and the United States government.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released Apr 20, 2020
- What it's about
This is a federal case involving an individual named Cruz and the United States government. The matter is currently pending before the Supreme Court.
Question presented
Whether the district court’s failure to advise a defendant of the “knowledge-of-status” element of a 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) offense, as required by Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), is a structural error that requires automatic reversal?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit / Decision released Apr 20, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
Timing
Decided April 20, 2020
The Court released its decision on April 20, 2020 without hearing oral argument.
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Jul 25, 2026
- Method
- Methodology