No. 20-6701

Benjamin Pedraza, III v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2020-12-23
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: cell-phone-data constitutional-rights criminal-procedure eighth-amendment fifth-amendment fourteenth-amendment fourth-amendment law-enforcement-procedure privacy-expectation search-and-seizure warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-02-19
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a third party has expectation of privacy in cell-phone data obtained without a warrant

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED Whether or not a third party, Appellant, has an expectation of privacy, in terms of cell-phone data that a police officer or detective obtains, however, without a warrant and intends to use said evidence specifically against Appellant in the process of evidence collecting and ultimately seeking conviction? Furthermore, is aforesaid action a violation of the Appellant's ; Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth Constitutional Amendments, which Appellant should expect protection from actions that : infringe upon them® .

Docket Entries

2021-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2021-01-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
2021-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent State of Ohio to respond filed.
2020-11-30
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 22, 2021)

Attorneys

Benjamin Pedraza
Benjamin Pedraza III — Petitioner
Benjamin Pedraza III — Petitioner
State of Ohio
Vincent Victor VigluicciMedina County Prosecutors Office, Respondent
Vincent Victor VigluicciMedina County Prosecutors Office, Respondent