No. 20-7415

Keith Griffin v. New York

Lower Court: New York
Docketed: 2021-03-10
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment curtilage fishing-expedition fourth-amendment home-privacy implied-license probable-cause search-and-seizure standing warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-04-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether police can search the curtilage of a home without evidence of a crime

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Could police search the curtilage of the home — a narrow driveway wedged between two homes — merely because they wanted to look for evidence of a nonexistent crime?

Docket Entries

2021-04-19
Petition DENIED.
2021-03-25
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/16/2021.
2021-03-18
Waiver of right of respondent State of New York to respond filed.
2021-03-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 9, 2021)

Attorneys

Keith Griffin
Erin Amisa KulesusLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, lnc ., Petitioner
Erin Amisa KulesusLegal Aid Bureau of Buffalo, lnc ., Petitioner
State of New York
David Anthony HeratyErie County District Attorney's Office, Respondent
David Anthony HeratyErie County District Attorney's Office, Respondent