Source: cases/18usc922/f4th-143-169-us-v-thompson.case
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We find that the district court met its obligations under Rule 11 and sufficiently informed Thompson of the elements of his crime.
casedsl 1.2 # author: Flash3 (gemini-3.8-flash-high) # triaged-by: Fable (2026-11-10) case /f4th/143/169 name United States v. Thompson cite 143 F.4th 169 (2025) court Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit date 2025-07-10 url catalog/cases/f4th/volume_143/169/index.html source ir/caselaw/f4th_143.jsonl sha1=19adc3141793cb3b182c79c26be7efda484bb492 chars=45592 opinion op : panel by Nardini @3022..45592 controlling party p1 : Kenneth Thompson count c1 : 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) law 18usc922 role rule-announced posture criminal appeal after guilty plea to § 922(g)(1) with appeal waiver; appeal mainly challenges special conditions of supervised release; pro se Rule 11 (Rehaif) challenge to the plea rejected on plain-error review and remaining challenges held barred by the waiver; affirmed result claimant-won element knowledge-status : not-reached scope procedural party p1 count c1 route _procedural pattern plea colloquy that recited the Rehaif knowledge-of-status element; plea held knowing, so the appeal waiver is enforced rule @40794..41194 [quoted] | The magistrate judge explicitly stated to Thompson at his plea hearing that in addition to proving that he “knowingly possessed the firearm and ammunition as charged in the indictment,” “the government would [also] have to prove that [Thompson was] convicted in any court of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year and that [he] knew [he] had been convicted of such a crime.” held @40663..40793 | We find that the district court met its obligations under Rule 11 and sufficiently informed Thompson of the elements of his crime. gloss The court decides only that the defendant was TOLD of the knowledge-of-status element (Rule 11(b)(1)(G)), not that he knew his status; the conviction rests on the guilty plea. The opinion approves the magistrate judge's statement of the element.