No. 19-6753

Benitez Auguarius Moody v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-11-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: affidavit-challenge deliberate-falsehood due-process fourth-amendment franks-v-delaware intentional-falsehoods intentional-falsity probable-cause search-warrant
Latest Conference: 2020-01-10
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the characterization of deliberate falsehoods in a search warrant affidavit as mere imprecision eviscerates the right of a defendant as enunciated in Franks v. Delaware to challenge the validity of a search warrant.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the characterization of deliberate falsehoods in a search warrant affidavit as mere imprecision eviscerates the right of a defendant as enunciated in Franks v. Delaware to challenge the validity of a search warrant

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 to respond filed.
2019-11-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 26, 2019)

Attorneys

Benitez Auguarius Moody
James Richard TheuerJames R. Theuer, PLLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent