Greer v. United States

Not to be confused with Greer v. United States, 245 U.S. 559 (1918).

Greer v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 14, 2021
Full case name	Greer v. United States
Docket no.	19-8709
Citations	593 U.S. 503 ( more )
Holding
An unobjected-to failure to instruct the jury that the defendant must have known they were a felon is not structural error requiring reversal. Moreover, it would be difficult to show plain error because "convicted felons ordinarily know that they are convicted felons."
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Clarence Thomas  · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito  · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan  · Neil Gorsuch Brett Kavanaugh  · Amy Coney Barrett
Case opinions
Majority	Kavanaugh
Concur/dissent	Sotomayor

Greer v. United States, 593 U.S. 503 (2021), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an unobjected-to failure to instruct the jury that the defendant must have known they were a felon is not structural error requiring reversal. Moreover, it would be difficult to show plain error because "convicted felons ordinarily know that they are convicted felons." ^{[1] [2]} The case was consolidated with United States v. Gary; Sotomayor dissented to the court's assessment of Gary. ^[2]

References

1. Greer v. United States,No. 19-8709 , 593 U.S. 503 (2021)
2. Little, Rory K. (2022). "Annual Review of the U.S. Supreme Court's Criminal Law Cases". The State of Criminal Justice: 2022. American Bar Association: Criminal Justice Section. pp. 30–31.

External links

• Text of Greer v. United States, 593 U.S. 503 (2021) is available from: Cornell Findlaw Google Scholar Justia Leagle Oyez (oral argument audio)