fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-5412 Keith Allen Shrum v. United States Eighth Circuit 2023-08-22 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-rights due-process electronic-evidence evidence exigent-circumstances fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree probable-cause search-and-seizure warrant warrant-specificity warrantless-search 1. Whether the exigent circumstances exception saves a warrantless seizure of a defendant's phone when law enforcement could have obtained a warrant a…
22-6802 Luis Miguel Sierra-Ayala v. United States First Circuit 2023-02-16 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment consensual-search consent exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-seizure police-misconduct reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure A police officer cannot touch a person's body or possessions without consent or legally sufficient basis. Likewise, an officer cannot force himself up…
22-6012 Paige Davis v. United States Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied IFP attenuation-doctrine brown-v-illinois evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search search-and-seizure utah-v-strieff 1) Is it error to apply the attenuation test articulated in Brown v. Illinois to determine whether evidence discovered during an illegal search should…
22-6014 Herbert G. Green v. United States Eighth Circuit 2022-11-08 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment evidence-admission exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search independent-source-doctrine police-procedure search-warrant Does the independent source doctrine permit the admission of evidence found during an illegal search of a home if police later obtained a search warra…
22-5813 Katherine Elizabeth Langhorst v. Texas Texas 2022-10-12 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-violation due-process evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search ineffective-assistance-of-counsel ineffective-counsel plea-bargaining search-and-seizure trial-procedure Was the evidence seized in this cause/case "Fruits of The Poisonous Tree"? Was this conviction obtained by way of illegal search and seizure? Did Tr…
21-7603 Glen S. Evans v. Bill Stange, Warden Eighth Circuit 2022-04-12 Denied IFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree ineffective-assistance-of-counsel insufficient-evidence motion-to-suppress prejudice reasonable-suspicion second-degree-murder sufficiency-of-evidence 1. Where the trial court has erred and abused its discretion in overruling defendant's motion to suppress his statements to police, and in admitting …
21-1062 Keith Robert Caldwell, Sr. v. Department of Transportation, et al. Eleventh Circuit 2022-02-01 Denied Response WaivedRelisted (2) 14th-amendment appellate-review civil-procedure dismissal-of-defendants due-process federal-rules-of-appellate-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-misconduct obstruction-of-justice safety-act 1 Did the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals circumvent the appeals process by ignoring significant evidence which demonstrated that the district court tri…
21-6000 Marius A. Brown v. United States Fourth Circuit 2021-10-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP appointed-counsel criminal-procedure fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree miranda-rights probable-cause search-warrant wanton-endangerment Section 61-7-12 of the West Virginia Code provides that the offense of wanton endangerment is committed if a person "wantonly performs any act with a …
20-6771 Oristel Soto-Peguero v. United States First Circuit 2021-01-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree good-faith-exception illegal-search independent-source-doctrine search-and-seizure warrant-application Whether the court erred when it denied Petitioner's motion to suppress evidence discovered during an illegal search of Petitioner's residence on the b…
20-6454 Mark David Zimmerman v. Texas Texas 2020-11-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law constitutional-rights fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree k-9-search probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure traffic-stop #I: Oid The State of Texas ard the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals, the State Court of last resort, err by affrming the lower trial Court and Judge Br…
19-1429 David Pena, III v. Texas Texas 2020-06-26 Denied 4th-amendment automobile-exception criminal-procedure criminal-procedure-4th-amendment-search-and-seizur exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree miranda-rights probable-cause search-and-seizure 1. Whether Texas' Third Court of Appeals Erred by Finding that the Items Found in the Trunk of Petitioner's Car Did Not Constitute Fruit of the Poison…
19-8494 Michael Lustig v. United States Ninth Circuit 2020-05-19 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-procedure constitutional-rights criminal-procedure evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search search-and-seizure standing Question not identified.
19-7912 Ali Mehdipour v. Keith Sweeney, et al. Tenth Circuit 2020-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP appeal appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure court-filing dismissal erroneous-ruling fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree judicial-review legal-timeliness prejudice procedural-error review statute-of-limitations timeliness 1. Does a fruit-of-a-poisonous-tree follow from an initial erroneous ruling on timeliness of filing the initial complaint follow through subsequent ru…
19-5837 Terri McGuire Mollica v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-09-05 Denied Response WaivedIFP detention-cell Evidentiary-Hearing Exclusionary-Rule Fourth-Amendment Fruit-of-the-Poisonous-Tree Fruits-of-Poisonous-Tree ineffective-assistance Ineffective-Assistance-of-Counsel Reasonable-Expectation-of-Privacy section-2255 unreasonable-search Unreasonable-Search-and-Seizure Warrantless-Search 1. Was Petitioners guilty plea sustained in violation of the Fourth Amendment, Unreasonable Search and Seizure, where law enforcement conducted a wa…
19-5343 Amoire Dupree v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-25 Denied IFP 4th-amendment constitutional-law exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree incident-to-arrest law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-incident-to-arrest warrantless-search Can the warrantless search of a person be justified as incident to arrest where, at the time of the search, no arrest has been made and none would hav…
19-5050 John Asmodeo v. United States Second Circuit 2019-07-02 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment attenuation-doctrine Attenuation-Factors circuit-split civil-rights due-process exclusionary-rule Finucan-Factors Flagrant-Misconduct fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-search Intervening-Circumstances Purpose-of-Condon's-Interview suppression-hearing Temporal-Proximity Circuit Split Despite virtually identical circumstances between this Second Circuit case and that of Cordero-Rosario , a First Circuit case, the resu…
18-9773 Arie Robert Redeker v. Dwight Neven, Warden, et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied Response WaivedIFP 5th-amendment coercion coercive-detention coercive-tactics constitutional-rights custodial-interrogation fifth-amendment fruit-of-poisonous-tree fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree involuntary-confession law-enforcement-tactics self-incrimination WHETHER FRUIT OF THE POISONOUS TREE DOCTRINE APPLIES TO A CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION THAT HAS BEEN TAINTED BY: 1). LAW ENFORCEMENT FORCING THE INTERROGA…
18-8779 Yamura D. Hudson v. United States Eleventh Circuit 2019-04-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment constitutional-rights criminal-sentencing curtilage ex-post-facto exclusionary-rule fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-warrant jurisdiction-violation search-and-seizure standing warrant WHETHER THE 11TH CIRCUIT COURTS MUST SUPPRESS THE FRUITS OF THE ADMITTED TO ILLEGAL SEARCH AND SEIZURE, WHICH OCCURED OUTSIDE OF THEIR RESPECTIVE. -JU…
18-8361 Arturo Sarli v. United States Fifth Circuit 2019-03-11 Denied Response WaivedIFP 4th-amendment civil-rights consent-to-search custodial-interrogation detention due-process fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree law-enforcement probable-cause search-and-seizure search-consent vehicle-search Police officers stopped Arturo Sarli as he drove his truck. The officers had received a tip about Sarli and used their traffic-enforcement authority t…
18-6390 Valiant White v. Michigan Michigan 2018-10-19 Denied IFP acquitted-conduct civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree impeachment-of-jury-verdict independent-finding-of-guilt ineffective-counsel jury-acquitted-conduct jury-trial jury-trial-right reasonable-suspicion WHETHER, CONTRARY TO UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT PRECEDENTS, THE TRIAL COURT, MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS, MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT ARBITRARILY DENIED PET…
18-6243 Christopher Jackson v. Florida Florida 2018-10-09 Denied IFP civil-procedure constitutional-violation exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-evidence indirect-evidence probable-cause search-and-seizure standing wong-sun Whether secondary evidence discovered as a result of an illegal search and seizure can constitute proof against the victim of search, and does exclusi…
18-5927 J. A. v. New Jersey New Jersey 2018-09-10 Denied Response WaivedIFP attenuation coolidge-v-new-hampshire fourth-amendment fourth-amendment-search fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-entry lustig-v-united-states probable-cause reasonable-foreseeability search-and-seizure state-action I. DID A SEARCH INVOLVE STATE ACTION UNDER THE FOURTH AMENDMENT WHERE POLICE OFFICERS ENTERED A HOME ILLEGALLY, AN OFFICER THERE TOLD A N INQUIRING CI…
18-5389 Torrick Johntrelle Rodgers v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-30 Denied Response WaivedIFP exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree fruits-of-poisonous-tree ineffective-assistance-counsel ineffective-assistance-of-counsel plea-bargaining probable-cause prosecutorial-misconduct search-and-seizure search-warrant sentencing warrant WHETHER: THE DISTRICT COURT SHOULD HAVE SUPPRESSED ALL OF THE FRUITS OF THE POISONOUS TREE BASED UPON THE FOUND TO BE CORRUPTED OFFICIALS AND THE ILLE…
18-58 Edward Jaimaal Price v. United States Fourth Circuit 2018-07-11 Denied Response Waived 4th-amendment constitutional-rights evidence-suppression exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment fruit-of-the-poisonous-tree illegal-seizure motion-to-suppress probable-cause search-and-seizure standard-of-review Whether the District Court erred by not suppressing the evidence seized during the illegal search and seizure of the Appellant in violation of Appella…