No. 20-5392

Jermaine Tyrone Jones v. United States

Lower Court: Sixth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-08-18
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: completed-misdemeanor criminal-procedure fourth-amendment investigatory-stop misdemeanor reasonable-suspicion vehicle-stop
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-09-29
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Is reasonable suspicion of a completed misdemeanor sufficient under the Fourth Amendment to justify an investigatory stop of a vehicle when there is no evidence that any occupant of the vehicle was then committing or was about to commit a crime

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED In United States v. Hensley, 469 U.S. 221 (1985), the Court held that an investigative stop can be based on reasonable suspicion of a completed felony. This case presents the question: Is reasonable suspicion of a completed misdemeanor sufficient under the Fourth Amendment to justify an investigatory stop of a vehicle when there is no evidence that any occupant of the vehicle was then committing or was about to commit a crime. i

Docket Entries

2020-10-05
Petition DENIED.
2020-08-27
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2020.
2020-08-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-08-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 17, 2020)

Attorneys

Jermaine Tyrone Jones
Francis William Heft Jr.Western Kentucky Federal Community Defender, Inc., Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent