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· 7/18/2018

Schaap v. Justice

How courts have described this case

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  • rejecting claim that indictment failed to charge a federal offense after Rehaif
  • stating that Rehaif adds a “‘knowledge-of-status’ element’
  • defendant must establish that had he known of Rehaif he would not have pleaded guilty
  • no reasonable juror could have believed the defendant did not know he was a felon where he had served six years in prison for aggravated robbery
  • “An error affects a defendant’s substantial rights if there is ‘a reasonable probability that, but for the error, the outcome of the proceeding would have been different.’” (quoting Molina-Martinez v. United States, 136 S. Ct. 1338, 1343 (2016
  • “No reasonable juror could have believed that [the defendant] did not know he had been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year” when the defendant “had served six years in prison.” (alterations accepted) (emphasis in original

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Judges: Judge Amit P. Mehta

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