No. 19-8131October Term 2019Decided May 4, 2020
Docket 19-8131October Term 2019 (2019–2020)
Sheron v. United States
This is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to the Supreme Court involving a petitioner seeking to proceed as an indigent party.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 4, 2020
Case Accepted
Arguments
Decision ReleasedMay 4, 2020
- What it's about
This is a case appealed from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to the Supreme Court involving a petitioner seeking to proceed as an indigent party.
Question presented
Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that the district court’s failure to instruct the jury on the knowledge-of-status element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) was not plain error?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit / Decision released May 4, 2020
- Area
Decided Supreme Court case
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- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
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- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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