Greer v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 14, 2021 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- June 14, 2021
- Term
- October Term 2020
- Vote
- 9–0
- Majority author
- Justice Kavanaugh
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 593 U. S. Part 2 Pages 503–521 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 14, 2021 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2020 503 Syllabus GREER v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eleventh circuit No. 19–8709. Argued April 20, 2021—Decided June 14, 2021* In Rehaif v. United States, 588 U. S. –––, the Court clarifed the mens rea requirement for frearms-possession offenses under 18 U. S. C. § 922(g). After Rehaif, the Government in a felon-in-possession case must prove not only that the defendant knew he possessed a frearm, but also that he knew he was a felon when he possessed the frearm. See 588 U. S., at –––. Prior to Rehaif, Gregory Greer and Michael Gary were sepa- rately convicted of being felons in possession of a frearm in violation of § 922(g)(1). Greer's conviction resulted from a jury trial during which Greer did not request—and the District Court did not give—a jury in- struction requiring the jury to fnd that Greer knew he was a felon when he possessed the frearm. Gary pled…
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