Do Kyun Kim v. United States
In brief
The Supreme Court refused to hear Kim's petition, leaving the Fifth Circuit's judgment in place without a Supreme Court ruling on the sentencing question.
- Where it stands
- Decided
Decided · June 1, 2020
- What it’s about
- Kim asked the Court to review whether an appeals court’s review of a federal sentence for substantive reasonableness must involve reweighing the statutory sentencing factors.
- Who it affects
- For Kim, the Fifth Circuit's judgment remained in place; the Supreme Court did not decide whether sentencing review requires reweighing those factors.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The Court denied review, leaving the Fifth Circuit’s judgment in place and not resolving that broader legal question.
The dispute focused on how the Fifth Circuit reviews federal sentences for reasonableness and whether that review includes some reweighing of statutory factors.
Question presented
Whether the district court’s failure to instruct the jury on the knowledge-of-status element of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g) was structural error, or instead was subject to harmless-error review?
What the Court decided
Holding
Petition DENIED.
What's next
This Supreme Court docket action is complete. Kim's case remains subject to the Fifth Circuit's judgment, and this record shows no Supreme Court decision on the sentencing question.
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More questions
- When did the Supreme Court deny Kim's petition?
- The docket records the denial on June 1, 2020.
Sources
Primary materials plus reporting. Best-effort analysis: this explainer relies on a mix of primary materials and trusted secondary sources. Official filings and opinions remain authoritative.