No. 18-5927
J. A. v. New Jersey
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: attenuation coolidge-v-new-hampshire fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-entry lustig-v-united-states probable-cause reasonable-foreseeability search-and-seizure state-action
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2018-11-09
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. DID A SEARCH INVOLVE STATE ACTION UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ENTERED A HOME ILLEGALLY, AN OFFICER THERE TOLD A N INQUIRING CIVILIAN THAT HIS BROTHER WAS SUSPECTED OF ROBBING A CELL PHONE, AND THE CIVIL IAN THEN FOUND THE PHONE WHILE ACCOMP ANIED BY THE OFFICER ?
II. WAS THE DISCOVERY OF THE CELL PHONE UNDER THE ABOVE CIRCUMSTANCES A FRUIT OF THE ILLEGAL ENTR Y, UNATTENUATED BY THE CIVILIAN'S INVOLVEMENT ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Did a search involve state action under the Fourth Amendment where police officers entered a home illegally, an officer there told an inquiring civilian that his brother was suspected of robbing a cell phone, and the civilian then found the phone while accompanied by the officer?
Docket Entries
2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-31
Waiver of right of respondent State of New Jersey to respond filed.
2018-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-09-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 10, 2018)
Attorneys
J. A.
Peter Thomas Blum — N.J. Office of the Public Defender,, Petitioner
State of New Jersey