No. 19-8131

Dwayne B. Sheron v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-03-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process fourth-amendment law-enforcement police-powers probable-cause reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure vehicle-search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-05-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a police officer can utter the 'magic words' 'I smelled an odor of marihuana' to justify a warrantless search based on a 'hunch'

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER a police officer can utter the magic words “I smelled an odor of marihuana” long after he conducted illegal search of a vehicle to justify said vehicle’s search without a warrant and admittedly while acting on just a “hunch”. I

Docket Entries

2020-05-04
Petition DENIED.
2020-04-16
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/1/2020.
2020-04-08
Waiver of right of respondent The United States of America to respond filed.
2020-03-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 29, 2020)

Attorneys

Dwayne Sheron
Alek El KamhawyEl Kamhawy Law Group, Petitioner
Alek El KamhawyEl Kamhawy Law Group, Petitioner
The United States of America
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent