No. 20-6551

Andy Williams v. United States

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2020-12-07
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Relisted (2)IFP
Tags: constitutional-law criminal-procedure fourth-amendment inventory-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion rehaif-v-united-states warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2021-06-17 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question One: Was the second warrantless search of the car - which followed the completed inventory search and was prompted by an officer's later-developed suspicions -- an impermissible warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Question Two: Under Rehaif v. United States, 139 S.Ct. 2191 (2019), should Petitioner's conviction of possessing a firearm while being a prohibited person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §922(g), be vacated?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Was the second warrantless search of the car -which followed the completed inventory search and was prompted by an officer's later-developed suspicions -an impermissible warrantless search in violation of the Fourth Amendment?

Docket Entries

2021-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2021-06-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/17/2021.
2021-02-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/5/2021.
2021-02-03
Memorandum of respondent United States filed.
2020-12-29
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including February 5, 2021.
2020-12-28
Motion to extend the time to file a response from January 6, 2021 to February 5, 2021, submitted to The Clerk.
2020-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 6, 2021)

Attorneys

Andy Williams
Darrell Bernard FieldsFederal Defenders of New York, Inc., Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent