No. 20-1784

Ohio v. Daniel Deuble

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-06-23
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 4th-amendment digital-communication fourth-amendment identity-corroboration law-enforcement law-enforcement-sting probable-cause search-and-seizure social-media
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-09-27
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether probable cause existed to detain a person suspected of soliciting sexual activity from a law enforcement officer posing as a minor

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Whether probable cause existed under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution to detain a person suspected of soliciting sexual activity from a law enforcement officer posing as a minor through a social media application where the person’s identity is corroborated through the person’s actions. Here the suspect agreed to meet the law enforcement officer posing as a minor for sexual activity, and was the only person observed at the agreed meeting location using his cell phone as the law enforcement officer posing as the minor sent communications to the suspect through the social media application. 2. Whether a phone is searched for purposes of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution where the phone’s content was not affirmatively accessed by law enforcement officers? ii STATEMENT OF

Docket Entries

2021-10-04
Petition DENIED.
2021-08-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/27/2021.
2021-08-11
Reply of petitioner State of Ohio filed. (Distributed)
2021-07-23
Brief of respondent Daniel Deuble in opposition filed.
2021-06-21
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due July 23, 2021)

Attorneys

Daniel Deuble
Justin Michael WeatherlyHenderson, Mokhtari & Weatherly, Co., LPA, Respondent
Justin Michael WeatherlyHenderson, Mokhtari & Weatherly, Co., LPA, Respondent
State of Ohio
Daniel Tuyen VanCuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Petitioner
Daniel Tuyen VanCuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, Petitioner