No. 20-6968
IFP
Tags: abandonment automobile-exception evidence fourth-amendment methamphetamine probable-cause search-and-seizure
Latest Conference:
2021-03-26
Question Presented (from Petition)
1. Whether the Fourth Amendment was violated when police searched a container on the basis that Petitioner abandoned the item without any evidence that Petitioner voluntarily discarded the container.
2. Whether the Fourth Amendment requirement of probable cause for the search of an automobile under the automobile exception was violated when police discovered a small amount of methamphetamine outside of the vehicle and could not articulate a nexus between the place to be searched and the evidence sought to be discovered.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the Fourth Amendment was violated when police searched a container on the basis that Petitioner abandoned the item without any evidence that Petitioner voluntarily discarded the container
Docket Entries
2021-03-29
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/26/2021.
2020-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due March 1, 2021)
Attorneys
Kenton Light
George William Aristotelidis — Tower Life Building, Petitioner