No. 20-7436

Frederick Dale Knight v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2021-03-11
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights constitutional-rights criminal-procedure due-process fourth-amendment probable-cause reasonable-expectation-privacy search-and-seizure traffic-stop
Latest Conference: 2021-05-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

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Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does a noncriminal traffic stop and subsequent observation through the window of a stopped vehicle revealing a cylindrical brown object give rise to probable cause to search a personal, reasonable expected zone of privacy?

Docket Entries

2021-05-17
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-05
Waiver of right of respondent Florida to respond filed.
2021-04-22
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/13/2021.
2021-02-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 12, 2021)

Attorneys

Florida
Trisha Meggs PateOffice of the Attorney General Criminal Appeals Division Tallahassee, Respondent
Frederick Knight
Frederick Dale Knight — Petitioner