As flagged in this Monday post, the Supreme Court's final week of oral arguments for this Term, which took place this past week, included hearings on three cases involving notable criminal justice issues. We likely should not expected written decisions in Mitchell v. Wisconsin, Rehaif v. United States or Quarles v. United States until late June, but SCOTUSblog provides a sense of where the Court might be headed in these cases through these argument analysis posts:
On Mitchell by Amy Howe, "Justices debate warrantless blood draw for unconscious drunk driver"
On Rehaif by Evan Lee, "Court leaning toward requiring the government to prove that a felon in possession knew he was a felon"
On Quarles by Rory Little, "ACCA argument becomes a broader discussion of statutory interpretation"
Interesting jurisprudential developments could emerge from all three of these cases, but the Rehaif case has an issue lurking that could possibly impact lots and lots of federal prosecutions for felon in possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g).
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