No. 21-922

James Combs v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2021-12-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: fourth-amendment open-view-doctrine plain-view-doctrine pre-textual-search private-property vehicle-search warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2022-02-18
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fourth Amendment's plain view and/or open view doctrines permit a police officer, uninvited and without a warrant, to enter upon private property, approach a home, and perform an otherwise pre-textual search of a vehicle parked a few feet from the house

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Fourth Amendment’s plain view and/or open view doctrines permit a police officer, uninvited and without a warrant, to enter upon private property, approach a home, and perform an otherwise pre-textual search of a vehicle parked a few feet from the house.

Docket Entries

2022-02-22
Petition DENIED.
2022-02-02
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/18/2022.
2022-01-27
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2021-10-28
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 21, 2022)

Attorneys

Indiana
Aaron Thomas CraftOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent
James Combs
Mohammad Slaimon AyoubiSly Law LLC, Petitioner