No. 19-7581

James Ryan Taylor and Steven Vincent Smith v. United States

Lower Court: Eleventh Circuit
Docketed: 2020-02-06
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment geographic-scope good-faith-exception misrepresentation search-warrant
Latest Conference: 2020-03-06
Question Presented (from Petition)

Does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to evidence seized under an invalid warrant if agents knowingly misrepresented the fact that made the warrant invalid—the geographic reach of a technologically complex search?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply to evidence seized under an invalid warrant if agents knowingly misrepresented the fact that made the warrant invalid—the geographic reach of a technologically complex search?

Docket Entries

2020-03-09
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-20
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/6/2020.
2020-02-13
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-02-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 9, 2020)

Attorneys

James Taylor, et al.
Tobie J. SmithOffice of the Federal Public Defender, Petitioner
USA
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent