No. 19-8809

Brandon Lee Alexander v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-06-24
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: bad-faith constitutional-rights exclusionary-rule inevitable-discovery inventory-search law-enforcement primary-evidence search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the inevitable discovery rule exception to the exclusionary rule applies to primary evidence discovered during an unconstitutional warrantless inventory search without a showing of the absence of bad faith by law enforcement officers

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented In order to deny a motion to suppress where a warrantless inventory search is found to have violated the defendant’s constitutional rights, should the inevitable discovery rule exception to the exclusionary rule include primary evidence discovered during the unconstitutional search without any evidence of the absence of bad faith on the part of law enforcement officers who conducted that search?

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-09
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-06-30
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-06-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 24, 2020)

Attorneys

Brandon Alexander
JERRY WAYNE LAUGHLINLaughlin, Nunnally, Hood & Crum, PC, Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent