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Gear v. United States

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on March 7, 2022.

Docket No.21-816
Op. Below9th Cir.

Issue

(1) Whether " given that the Supreme Court held in Rehaif v. United States that in a prosecution under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), the government must prove that the defendant knew his legal status " other subdivisions of18 U.S.C. § 922(g) require knowledge of collateral law; and (2) whether appellate courts must give a defendant an opportunity to make an evidentiary proffer to satisfy his burden of demonstrating plain error.

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