No. 22-486

Texas v. John Wesley Baldwin

Lower Court: Texas
Docketed: 2022-11-22
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: 4th-amendment cell-phone cell-phone-search criminal-conspiracy fourth-amendment illinois-v-gates organized-crime probable-cause riley-standard riley-v-california search-warrant warrant-requirements
Latest Conference: 2023-02-17
Question Presented (from Petition)

In Illinois v. Gates, this Court held that a warrant's issuance "cannot be a mere ratification of the bare conclusions of others," but also that "warrants are—quite properly—issued on the basis of non technical, common-sense judgments of laymen."

1. Whether an officer's uncorroborated belief that co-conspirators who planned a crime over multiple days used their cell phones to do so is a "bare conclusion" or a "common-sense judgment" given this Court's acknowledgment in Riley v. California that cell phones are "a pervasive and insistent part of daily life."

2. Does the Constitution require a distinct nexus between a cell phone and an offense in order to obtain a search warrant for the device in the context of an organized criminal offense, or is it sufficient that there are nexuses between the device and the offender as well as between the offender and the offense?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether an officer's uncorroborated belief that co-conspirators who planned a crime over multiple days used their cell phones to do so is a 'bare conclusion' or a 'common-sense judgment

Docket Entries

2023-02-21
Petition DENIED.
2023-01-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/17/2023.
2022-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 22, 2022)
2022-10-12
Application (22A308) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until November 24, 2022.
2022-10-07
Application (22A308) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from October 25, 2022 to November 24, 2022, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Texas
Cory Stephen StottHarris County, Texas District Attorney's Office, Petitioner