No. 19-7392

Demetrius Darrell Davis, aka Meatman v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-01-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment 4th-amendment-search-and-seizure abandonment abandonment-doctrine criminal-procedure disclaimer-of-ownership fourth-amendment incriminating-statement incriminating-statements police-questioning property-rights reasonable-expectation-of-privacy search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2020-02-21
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a mere disclaimer of ownership in an effort to avoid making an incriminating statement constitutes abandonment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED : 1. Whether a mere disclaimer of ownership in an effort to avoid making an incriminating statement. inzresponsetto police questioning shotild not alone be deemed to constitute abandonment? 2. Whether a party disclaimer of ownership of an object in response to police questioning is the only factor that a court should weigh in its consideration of whether the party have a reasonable expectation of privacy in= property? ; i RULE 14.1(b) STATEMENT Demetrius Darrell Davis is the petitioner and the United States of America is the respondent in this petition for writ of certiorari. The case number from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is 17-4782. ii

Docket Entries

2020-02-24
Petition DENIED.
2020-02-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/21/2020.
2020-02-03
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-12-15
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due February 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Demetrius Darrell Davis
Demetrius Darrell Davis — Petitioner
Demetrius Darrell Davis — Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent