No. 19-7221
Tags: 4th-amendment 4th-amendment,probable-cause,search-and-seizure,ma marijuana probable-cause recreational-marijuana search-and-seizure vehicle-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference:
2020-02-21
Question Presented (from Petition)
I. Does the faint smell of marijuana in a car, alone, give local police probable cause to search the car for contraband under the Fourth Amendment?
II. Is the sniff of a K-9 trained to detect marijuana in a recreational-use state a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment requiring probable cause?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Does the faint smell of marijuana in a car, alone, give local police probable cause to search the car for contraband under the Fourth Amendment?
Docket Entries
2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-01-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-01-15
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-01-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 10, 2020)
Attorneys
Anthony Gray
Amy B. Cleary — Federal Public Defender, District of Nevada, Petitioner
United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent