No. 21-1091

Edwin Espejo v. Washington

Lower Court: Washington
Docketed: 2022-02-07
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: clear-and-present-danger community-care-exception community-caretaking domestic-violence due-process fourth-amendment police-entry reasonable-suspicion search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
DueProcess FourthAmendment
Latest Conference: 2022-04-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the community care exception to the fourth amendment allow police officers to remain in a person's home when they have determined that there is no longer an imminent threat to the life of others in order to investigate charges of domestic violence when police officers do not have reasonable suspicion that there is a clear and present danger afoot?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the community care exception to the fourth amendment allow police officers to remain in a person’s home when they have determined that there is no longer an imminent threat to the life of others in order to investigate charges of domestic violence when police officers do not have reasonable suspicion that there is a clear and present danger afoot? 2. Does due process allow for a determination of premeditation when the evidence shows that the defendant has less than two seconds to think and when those two seconds or less of thought are the result of extreme pressure by police officers? i

Docket Entries

2022-04-18
Petition DENIED.
2022-03-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
2022-02-03
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 9, 2022)
2022-01-13
Application (21A322) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until February 3, 2022.
2022-01-04
Application (21A322) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from January 4, 2022 to February 3, 2022, submitted to Justice Kagan.

Attorneys

Edwin Espejo
John Gary MetroMetro Law Firm, Petitioner
John Gary MetroMetro Law Firm, Petitioner