No. 18-5936

Terrance D. Johnson v. Randall Williams, Warden

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-12
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: evidence-preservation exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure vehicle-search
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2018-11-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

whether the Fourth Amendment forbids a pretextual seizure of a motorist based solely on probable cause due to an alleged obstructed tag?

Does the Fourth Amendment require law enforcement officers to demonstrate a threat to their safety or a need to preserve evidence related to the crime of arrest in order to justify a warrantless vehicular search incident to arrest conducted after he is told he could leave but the officers continue to walk around?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits law enforcement officers from conducting a warrantless search and seizure of a vehicle based solely on probable cause

Docket Entries

2018-11-13
Petition DENIED.
2018-10-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/9/2018.
2018-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 12, 2018)

Attorneys

Terrance Johnson
Terrance D. Johnson — Petitioner