No. 19-8220October Term 2019Decided May 18, 2020
Macli v. United States
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed as a pauper, seeking Supreme Court review of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Case status
- Current stage
- Decided
- Latest event
- Decision released May 18, 2020
- What it's about
This case involves a petition for a writ of certiorari and a motion to proceed as a pauper, seeking Supreme Court review of a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
Question presented
1. Whether Florida's robbery statute, Fla. Stat. § 812.13, is a "violent felony" under the Armed Career Criminal Act's elements clause, 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i)? 2. Whether the district court committed plain error by failing to instruct the jury that the defendant must have known he was a convicted felon at the time he possessed the firearm, in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019)?
- Case path
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit / Decision released May 18, 2020
- Area
Gun Rights
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Grounding
- Grounding
- Primary-source trail available.
- Note
- Plain-English explainer. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.
- Checked
- Mar 30, 2026
- Method
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