No. 20-6055

Terrill Bernard Weatherspoon v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2020-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment companion-rule fourth-amendment law-enforcement officer-safety pat-down-search reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure terry-stop terry-v-ohio
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Must an officer have a reasonable suspicion that a companion of an arrestee is armed and dangerous, independently of a reasonable suspicion that the arrestee is armed and dangerous, to conduct a pat down search of the companion for weapons?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED MUST AN OFFICER HAVE A REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT A COMPANION OF AN ARRESTEE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS, INDEPENDENTLY OF A REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT THE ARRESTEE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS, TO CONDUCT A PAT DOWN SEARCH OF THE COMPANION FOR WEAPONS? il STATEMENT OF RELATED CASES Counsel is unaware of any proceedings directly related to the case in this Court.

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States of America to respond filed.
2020-10-13
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2020)

Attorneys

Terrill Weatherspoon
George Entwistle Crump III — Petitioner
United States of America
Jeffrey B. WallActing Solicitor General, Respondent