No. 19-7020
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment affidavit criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure training-and-experience warrant warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2020-01-24
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether, a purported inventory search that produces no inventory, can justify the warrantless search of automobile after its occupants have been removed from the vehicle.
2. Whether a magistrate may issue a warrant finding probable cause for a search where the police officer's affidavit states a belief that contraband will be found based on the officer's training and experience without proving any facts about how the training and experience leads to that belief.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether a purported inventory search that produces no inventory can justify the warrantless search of an automobile
Docket Entries
2020-01-27
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/24/2020.
2019-12-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2019-12-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 21, 2020)
Attorneys
Nahach Garay
Guy Michael Tanaka — Law Office of Michael Tanaka, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent