No. 19-5414

Arthur Whitley v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: 4th-amendment affidavit cell-phone cell-phone-data cell-phone-search criminal-investigation evidence-nexus fourth-amendment murder-investigation nexus-requirement probable-cause riley-precedent riley-v-california search-warrant search-warrant-precedent
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the Fourth Court of Appeals' legal analysis of the nexus between evidence about a murder investigation and information in the Petitioner's cell phone, as alleged in the affidavit in support of a search warrant for the Petitioner's cell phone violates well-established federal search warrant precedent, and nullifies this Court's landmark holding in Riley v. California, 573 U.S. ___ (2014)?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Court of Appeals' legal analysis of the nexus between evidence about a murder investigation and information in the Petitioner's cell phone, as alleged in the affidavit in support of a search warrant for the Petitioner's cell phone violates well-established federal search warrant precedent, and nullifies this Court's landmark holding in Riley v. California, 573 U.S.___ (2014)?

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-05-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 30, 2019)

Attorneys

Arthur Whitley
George William AristotelidisTower Life Building, Petitioner