No. 24A867

Jo-Ann Connelly v. Connecticut, ex rel. Jeremiah Dunn, Chief State Animal Control Officer

Lower Court: Connecticut
Docketed: 2025-03-11
Status: Presumed Complete
Type: A
Experienced Counsel
Tags: animal-welfare civil-forfeiture exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment quasi-criminal-proceedings warrantless-search
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether the government may use in forfeiture proceedings evidence seized in the warrantless search of a home where it claims the search was motivated by reasons other than conducting a criminal prosecution.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment's exclusionary rule applies to evidence seized in a warrantless search of a home when the government characterizes the search as motivated by animal welfare rather than criminal investigation, and whether such evidence may be used in civil forfeiture proceedings

Docket Entries

2025-03-14
Application (24A867) granted by Justice Sotomayor extending the time to file until May 16, 2025.
2025-03-07
Application (24A867) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 17, 2025 to May 16, 2025, submitted to Justice Sotomayor.

Attorneys

Jo-Ann Connelly
Earl Neville Mayfield IIIChalmers Adams Backer & Kaufman, LLC, Petitioner