United States v. Reed, No. 17-12699 (11th Cir. 2019)
Annotate this CaseOn remand from the Supreme Court in light of Rehaif v. United States, 139 S. Ct. 2191 (2019), the Fifth Circuit affirmed defendant's conviction and held that he could not establish that errors affected his substantial rights. Defendant argued that Rehaif made plain that errors occurred when his indictment failed to allege, his jury was not instructed to find, and the government was not required to prove that he knew he was a felon when he possessed the firearm. The court held, however, that the record established that defendant knew of his status as a felon and thus he could not prove that the errors affected his substantial rights or the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of his trial.
This opinion or order relates to an opinion or order originally issued on October 19, 2018.
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