No. 20-7464

Stephen D. Long v. Ohio

Lower Court: Ohio
Docketed: 2021-03-17
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment anonymous-informant criminal-procedure exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment probable-cause search-warrant standing totality-of-the-circumstances
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2021-04-30
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Can a search warrant issue for a private residence based solely on the uncorroborated statement of an anonymous citizen informant?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION(S) PRESENTED 1. Can a search warrant issue for a private residence based solely on the uncorroborated statement of an anonymous citizen informant? 2. Is an irrebuttable presumption of probable cause established for a search warrgant of a private residence when supported solely by statements given by an anonymous citizen informant? 3. Where an affidavit for search warrant contains information obtained through an illegal search, which represents the corroborating evidence to allegations made by an anonymous citizen informant, is the fact of the illegal search relevant to the determination of the totality of the circumstance or may it simply be ignored?

Docket Entries

2021-05-03
Petition DENIED.
2021-04-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/30/2021.
2021-04-12
Waiver of right of respondent State of Ohio to respond filed.
2021-03-09
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 16, 2021)

Attorneys

State of Ohio
David Thomas HaroldWood County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
David Thomas HaroldWood County Prosecutor's Office, Respondent
Stephen Long
Stephen Long — Petitioner
Stephen Long — Petitioner