No. 21-7764

Kelvin Jones v. South Carolina

Lower Court: South Carolina
Docketed: 2022-05-03
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: anonymous-complaints fourth-amendment marijuana-evidence marijuana-use probable-cause search-warrant trash-pull
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment DueProcess CriminalProcedure Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2022-06-16
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the search of a home pursuant to a search warrant based solely on anonymous complaints of short-term traffic and evidence found during a single trash pull that was consistent with marijuana use?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits the search of a home pursuant to a search warrant based solely on anonymous complaints of short-term traffic and evidence found during a single trash pull that was consistent with marijuana use? i

Docket Entries

2022-06-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-06-01
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/16/2022.
2022-05-17
Waiver of right of respondent State of South Carolina to respond filed.
2022-04-29
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due June 2, 2022)

Attorneys

Kelvin Jones
Kathrine Haggard HudginsSouth Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Petitioner
Kathrine Haggard HudginsSouth Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Petitioner
State of South Carolina
William M. Blitch Jr.South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent
William M. Blitch Jr.South Carolina Attorney General's Office, Respondent