No. 24-7293
Alexander Soto v. Massachusetts
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arizona-v-gant criminal-procedure drug-trafficking fourth-amendment search-incident-to-arrest warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
With respect to the search-incident-to-arrest exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution, this Court held in Arizona v. Gant that the exception applies only if the container searched is within the arrestee's reach at the time of the search. Does Gant's limitation on the geographic scope of the exception apply to searches of containers found in buildings, or only to containers found in automobiles?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the search-incident-to-arrest exception from Arizona v. Gant applies to searches of containers in buildings or only in automobiles
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-06-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-06-16
Waiver of Massachusetts of right to respond submitted.
2025-06-16
Waiver of right of respondent Massachusetts to respond filed.
2025-05-22
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 26, 2025)
Attorneys
Alexander Soto
Dana Goldblatt — Dana, Petitioner
Massachusetts