No. 19-8131
Dwayne B. Sheron v. United States
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
Latest Conference:
2020-05-01
Question Presented (from Petition)
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".
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'
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 Kamhawy — El Kamhawy Law Group, Petitioner
The United States of America
Noel J. Francisco — Solicitor General, Respondent