No. 19-8926
Roberto Clemente Govea v. United States
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: circuit-court-split circuit-split fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause reasonably-trained-officer reasonably-well-trained-officer search-and-seizure search-warrant supreme-court-review
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference:
2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Whether the good-faith exception of Leon v. United States applies to the search warrant for the defendant's home
Question Presented (from Petition)
QUESTIONS PRESENTED I. Whether the decision of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in holding that the good-faith exception of Leon v. United States, 468 U.S. 897, 104 S. Ct. 405, 82 L. Ed. 2d 677 (1984) applied to save the warrant for the search of Defendant Roberto Clemente-Govea’s home created a split in Circuit Court authority to warrant this Court’s review? IL. Whether this Court should grant review to properly define what “reasonably well-trained officer” means in the context of the Leon good-faith exception? i
Docket Entries
2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-07-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-27
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2020-07-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 7, 2020)
Attorneys
Roberto Clemente-Govea
Mark Edwin Brown — Menefee & Brown, P.C., Petitioner
Mark Edwin Brown — Menefee & Brown, P.C., Petitioner
United States
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent
Jeffrey B. Wall — Acting Solicitor General, Respondent