No. 19-1327

Kris V. Zocco v. Wisconsin

Lower Court: Wisconsin
Docketed: 2020-06-01
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: cell-phone-search cell-phone-searches cell-phones evidence evidence-search fourth-amendment general-warrant general-warrants particularity-requirement personal-computers probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure HabeasCorpus Privacy
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Is the Fourth Amendment's ban on general warrants violated by a warrant broadly authorizing search of the "contents" of a cell phone for unspecified "evidence" of a particular crime where neither the warrant nor the supporting affidavit identifies any particular evidence to be sought or any nonconclusory explanation for why any such evidence is thought to either exist on the phone or be evidence of the offenses identified in the warrant?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is the Fourth Amendment's ban on general warrants violated by a warrant broadly authorizing search of the 'contents' of a cell phone for unspecified 'evidence' of a particular crime where neither the warrant nor the supporting affidavit identifies any particular evidence to be sought or any nonconclusory explanation for why any such evidence is thought to either exist on the phone or be evidence of the offenses identified in the warrant?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-26
Waiver of right of respondent State of Wisconsin to respond filed.
2020-05-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 1, 2020)

Attorneys

Kris Zocco
Robert R. HenakHenak Law Office, S.C., Petitioner
State of Wisconsin
Hannah Schieber JurssWisconsin Department of Justice, Respondent