U.S. v. GUZMÁN-MERCED

No. 18-2146.

984 F.3d 18 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos J. GUZMÁN-MERCED, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vivian Shevitz for appellant.

David Christian Bornstein , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Francisco A. Besosa-Martínez , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Kayatta, Circuit Judge, and Casper, District Judge.


18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) makes it a crime for a convicted felon to possess a firearm. In Rehaif v. United States, ___ U.S. ___, 139 S.Ct. 2191, 2200, 204 L.Ed.2d 594 (2019), the United States Supreme Court held that a conviction for that crime requires proof beyond a reasonable...

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