No. 20-5215

Jessica Lang v. Nebraska

Lower Court: Nebraska
Docketed: 2020-07-30
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: automobile automobile-exception civil-rights fourth-amendment law-enforcement passenger passenger-rights probable-cause search search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they search a passenger's purse, while on her lap, inside an automobile where probable cause exists to search the automobile compartment

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Question Presented Whether police officers violate the Fourth Amendment when they search a passenger’s purse, while on her lap, inside an automobile where probable cause exists to search the automobile compartment. | , i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-06
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-07-31
Waiver of right of respondent Nebraska to respond filed.
2020-07-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due August 31, 2020)

Attorneys

Jessica Lang
Gerard Anthony PiccoloHall County Public Defender's Office, Petitioner
Nebraska
James A. CampbellNebraska Attorney General's Office, Respondent