No. 21-383

Wyoming v. William Thomas Mahaffy, V

Lower Court: Wyoming
Docketed: 2021-09-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: constitutional-law de-minimis-extension duration-of-stop fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-jurisprudence police-inquiry reasonable-suspicion traffic-stop unrelated-questioning
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2021-11-12
Question Presented (from Petition)

Did the Rodriguez Court's rejection of de minimis extensions to traffic stops abrogate or limit Johnson, thereby prohibiting officers from posing any unrelated questions even where the inquiry does not measurably extend the duration of the stop?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Rodriguez Court's rejection of de minimis extensions to traffic stops abrogate or limit Johnson, thereby prohibiting officers from posing any unrelated questions even where the inquiry does not measurably extend the duration of the stop?

Docket Entries

2021-11-15
Petition DENIED.
2021-10-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/12/2021.
2021-09-07
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 12, 2021)

Attorneys

State of Wyoming
Timothy Paul ZintakWyoming Attorney General's Office, Petitioner