No. 22-7554

Samuel Terraye Windom v. United States

Lower Court: Tenth Circuit
Docketed: 2023-05-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: controlled-buy drug-evidence fourth-amendment informant nexus nexus-requirement probable-cause search-warrant
Latest Conference: 2023-06-08
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether a controlled drug transaction that takes place away from a suspect's home is sufficient to establish a nexus between the offense and the suspect's home, providing law enforcement with probable cause that drugs or contraband will be found in the home?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a controlled drug transaction that takes place away from a suspect's home is sufficient to establish a nexus between the offense and the suspect's home, providing law enforcement with probable cause that drugs or contraband will be found in the home?

Docket Entries

2023-06-12
Petition DENIED.
2023-05-24
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/8/2023.
2023-05-18
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2023-05-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2023)

Attorneys

Samuel Windom
Lynn Christina HartfieldLaw Office of Lynn C. Hartfield, LLC, Petitioner
United States of America
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent