Jones v. Hendrix (599 U.S. 465)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided June 22, 2023 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 599 U.S. 465 · 143 S. Ct. 1857
- Decided
- June 22, 2023
- Term
- October Term 2022
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Thomas
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Conservative
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 599 U. S. Part 1 Pages 465–532 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT June 22, 2023 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, 2022 465 Syllabus JONES v. HENDRIX, WARDEN certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the eighth circuit No. 21–857. Argued November 1, 2022—Decided June 22, 2023 In 2000, the District Court for the Western District of Missouri sentenced petitioner Marcus DeAngelo Jones after he was convicted on two counts of unlawful possession of a frearm by a felon, in violation of 18 U. S. C. § 922 (g)(1), and one count of making false statements to acquire a fre- arm. The Eighth Circuit affrmed Jones' convictions and sentence. Jones then fled a motion pursuant to 28 U. S. C. § 2255 , which resulted in the vacatur of one of his concurrent § 922(g) sentences. Many years later, this Court held in Rehaif v. United States, 588 U. S. –––, that a defendant's knowledge of the status that disqualifes him from owning a frearm is an element of a § 922(g) conviction. Rehaif 's holding abro- gated contrary Eighth Circuit…
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