No. 18-5874

Nalenzer Lee Edwards v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-09-04
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: arrest confidential-informant drug-possession eighth-circuit fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause reasonable-suspicion vehicle-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2018-10-05
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit error in finding probable cause to justify a vehicle stop and the arrest of petitioner?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED As recently as 2014, this Court reemphasized that an informant’s knowledge of a suspect’s future movements may be indicative of some familiarity with the suspect’s affairs, but it does not necessarily imply the informant knows whether the suspect is carrying hidden contraband. Navarette v. California, 572 U.S. 393, 399 (2014), citing Florida v. J.L., 529 U.S. 266, 271 (2000). The question presented is: Did the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit error in finding probable cause to justify a vehicle stop and the arrest of petitioner, where a previously reliable confidential informant twice correctly predicted that petitioner would drive from Columbia, Missouri, to Jefferson City, Missouri, supposedly for the purpose of purchasing heroin, but where police gave minimum effort to confirm petitioner would actually be in possession of heroin at the time of arrest, beyond following petitioner on his trips to Jefferson City? i

Docket Entries

2018-10-09
Petition DENIED.
2018-09-13
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/5/2018.
2018-09-07
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2018-08-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 4, 2018)

Attorneys

Nalenzer Lee Edwards
John G. GromowskyThe Gromowsky Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
John G. GromowskyThe Gromowsky Law Firm, LLC, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent