| Litigants: | Greer v. United States |
| Decidedate: | June 14 |
| Decideyear: | 2021 |
| Fullname: | Greer v. United States |
| Usvol: | 593 |
| Uspage: | ___ |
| 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." |
| Majority: | Kavanaugh |
| Concurrence/Dissent: | Sotomayor |
Greer v. United States, 593 U.S. ___ (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] The case was consolidated with United States v. Gary; Sotomayor dissented to the court's assessment of Gary.[1]