No. 24-7005
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure evidence-seizure fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference:
2025-05-22
Question Presented (from Petition)
Whether the warrantless seizure of Alsham Laster's phone, during a murder investigation, violated the Fourth Amendment when: (i) police did not have probable cause that evidence of the murder was on the phone ; (ii) law enforcement failed to secure Laster's phone in a manner that was reasonably limited and tailored to the need; and ( iii) the restraint was not limited in time and scope, avoiding a significant intrusion, when police took twenty two (22) hour s to obtain an approved warrant ?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the warrantless seizure of a phone during a murder investigation violated the Fourth Amendment when police lacked probable cause, failed to limit the seizure, and detained the phone for an extended period
Docket Entries
2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-04-30
Waiver of Indiana of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-30
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2025-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2025)
Attorneys
Alsham Laster
Talisha Renea Griffin — Marion County Public Defender Agency, Petitioner
Indiana
James Allen Barta — Office of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent