No. 23-6034
Alfredo Sanchez Barboza v. Pennsylvania
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment contraband exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery inventory-search probable-cause standardized-protocol subjective-motivation
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2024-01-05
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether, upon application of the inevitable discovery
doctrine, a hypothetical search pursuant to the inventory
search exception to the Fourth Amendment validates the
prior illegal seizure of a controlled substance and drug
paraphernalia when the police officer who would have
conducted the hypothetical inventory search testified a
motive in any inventory search is to search for contraband.
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the inevitable discovery doctrine validates the prior illegal seizure of a controlled substance and drug paraphernalia when the police officer's motive in an inventory search is to search for contraband
Docket Entries
2024-01-08
Petition DENIED.
2023-12-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/5/2024.
2023-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2023-11-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 18, 2023)
Attorneys
Alfredo Barboza
John E. Egers Jr. — Peacock Keller, LLP, Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Rachel Wheeler — Washington County District Attorney's Office, Respondent