No. 20-8014

Kelvin Baez v. United States

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-05-13
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: 4th-amendment civil-rights due-process evidence-admission exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery inevitable-discovery-doctrine police-procedure search-and-seizure unlawful-search warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2021-06-03
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Court of Appeals err in expanding the inevitable-discovery doctrine to affirm the admission of evidence obtained during an unlawful search?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED Did the Court of Appeals err in expanding the inevitable discovery doctrine to affirm the admission of evidence obtained during an unlawful search, where the police officer conceded it did not “occur” to him “to go and... get a warrant” at the outset of the search, and did not “want[] to get the warrant” until after conducting the unlawful search? i

Docket Entries

2021-06-07
Petition DENIED.
2021-05-19
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/3/2021.
2021-05-17
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2021-05-10
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 14, 2021)

Attorneys

Kelvin Baez
Rabea Jamal ZayedDorsey & Whitney LLP, Petitioner
Rabea Jamal ZayedDorsey & Whitney LLP, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarActing Solicitor General, Respondent