No. 18-145

Stepheno Jemain Alston v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2018-07-31
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 4th-amendment automobile-detention civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion seizure traffic-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2018-09-24
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does South Carolina's reasonable suspicion analysis, in the context of prolonged automobile detentions, violate due process when it fails to sufficiently narrow the category of presumably innocent travelers who are subject to seizure by law enforcement?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Does South Carolina’s reasonable suspicion analysis, in the context of prolonged automobile detentions, violate due process when it fails to sufficiently narrow the category of presumably innocent travelers who are subject to seizure by law enforcement?

Docket Entries

2018-10-01
Petition DENIED.
2018-08-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
2018-08-02
Waiver of right of respondent South Carolina to respond filed.
Main Document
2018-07-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 30, 2018)
PetitionAppendixProof of ServiceCertificate of Word Count
2018-06-01
Application (17A1334) granted by The Chief Justice extending the time to file until August 3, 2018.
2018-05-24
Application (17A1334) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from June 5, 2018 to August 4, 2018, submitted to The Chief Justice.
Main Document

Attorneys

South Carolina
Mark Reynolds Farthing — South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Mark Reynolds Farthing — South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
Stepheno Jemain Alston
Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best — Petitioner
Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best — Petitioner