No. 18-7294
Sergio Antonio Zambrano v. United States
Tags: 4th-amendment fourth-amendment pat-down probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio warrantless-search warrantless-searches
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference:
2019-02-15
Question Presented (from Petition)
Where a police officer initiates a stop of an individual pursuant to Terry v. Ohio and pats down the outer clothing of the individual and feels an object that appears to be a cell phone or a wallet, may the officer reach into the pockets of the individual and pull out the object to make sure it is in fact a cell phone or a wallet and not a weapon?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a police officer may reach into an individual's pockets and remove objects during a Terry stop if the officer cannot determine through a pat-down search that the object is a weapon
Docket Entries
2019-02-19
Petition DENIED.
2019-01-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/15/2019.
2019-01-16
Waiver of right of respondent United Stats of America to respond filed.
2019-01-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 7, 2019)
Attorneys
Sergio Zambrano
Bernardo Lopez — Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
United Stats of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent