No. 19-6739
Marshon Simon v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: armed-career-criminal-act armed-career-criminal-act,violent-felony,elements- attempted-offense canine-search criminal-procedure Does an attempted offense meet the requirements of florida-v-harris fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-protections fourth-amendment,narcotics-detection,canine-search narcotics-detection residual-odor
Latest Conference:
2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Does Florida v. Harris stand for the proposition that narcotics sniffing canines may be trained to alert to residual odor, i.e. the absence of narcotics, and still comply with the Constitutional protections of the Fourth Amendment?
2. Does an attempted offense meet the requirements of the elements clause of the Armed Career Criminal Act's definition of violent felony under 18 U.S.C. § 924(e)(2)(B)(i)?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does Florida v. Harris stand for the proposition that narcotics sniffing canines may be trained to alert to residual odor, i.e. the absence of narcotics, and still comply with the Constitutional protections of the Fourth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2020-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2019-12-12
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2020.
2019-12-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-11-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2019)
Attorneys
Marshon Simon
Elisabeth Pollock — Federal Public Defender - CDIL, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent