No. 25-6935

Andre Brian McGriff v. Florida

Lower Court: Florida
Docketed: 2026-03-02
Status: Pending
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: CODIS-database DNA-evidence fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment probable-cause warrantless-arrest
Latest Conference: N/A
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Petitioner was deprived of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments, where he was arrested and taken into custody without a warrant and where probable cause for the arrest was based on an unconfirmed CODIS hit?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a warrantless arrest based solely on an unconfirmed CODIS DNA hit violates the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment rights of the arrestee

Docket Entries

2026-02-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 1, 2026)

Attorneys

Andre Brian McGriff
Jeffrey L. Anderson — Petitioner