No. 18-1035

Keithrick Thomas v. Texas

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2019-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: curtilage driveway plain-view-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure warrantless-search curtilage fourth-amendment plain-view-doctrine police-encounter probable-cause search-and-seizure standing vehicle-search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2019-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Warrantless search of passenger's pockets in driveway violates Fourth Amendment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Has a Fourth Amendment violation occurred, where an uninvited police officer approaches a vehicle passenger, after the passenger has exited the vehicle, and conducts a warrantless search of the passenger’s pockets, in the driveway of the passenger’s house? i.

Docket Entries

2019-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2019-03-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
2019-02-01
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)

Attorneys

Keithrick Thomas
Nicolette WestbrooksThe Law Offices of Nicolette Westbrooks, Petitioner
Nicolette WestbrooksThe Law Offices of Nicolette Westbrooks, Petitioner