No. 23-6352

LaDerrius Williams v. Illinois

Lower Court: Illinois
Docketed: 2023-12-26
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights criminal-arrest criminal-procedure due-process owner-driver-inference probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop vehicle-ownership
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2024-02-16
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Glover's owner-driver inference constitutes, not only reasonable suspicion to initiate a traffic stop of a motorist if the police have reason to believe the vehicle's owner committed a crime, but also probable cause to arrest a vehicle's owner at any time if the police have reason to believe his car was involved in a crime, even if the police could not identify the vehicle's owner as the driver who committed the crime?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Glover's owner-driver inference constitutes probable cause to arrest a vehicle's owner for a crime involving the vehicle, even if the police cannot identify the owner as the driver

Docket Entries

2024-02-20
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/16/2024.
2024-01-29
Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
2023-12-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 25, 2024)

Attorneys

Illinois
Katherine Marie DoerschOffice of the Illinois Attorney General, Respondent
LaDerrius Williams
Douglas Robert HoffOffice of the State Appellate Defender , Petitioner