No. 23-5305

John Vaughn v. Nebraska

Lower Court: Nebraska
Docketed: 2023-08-08
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: automobile-exception commercial-trains confrontation-clause fourth-amendment plain-smell-exception probable-cause search-and-seizure sixth-amendment warrant-requirement
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2023-09-26
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the automobile exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment apply to commercial trains?

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1) Does the automobile exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment apply to commercial trains? 2) Is there a plain smell exception to the warrant requirement of the Fourth Amendment? 3) Does a defendant’s right to confrontation under the Sixth Amendment extend to statements that are not hearsay or fall within a hearsay exception, no matter whether they are testimonial or nontestimonial?

Docket Entries

2023-10-02
Petition DENIED.
2023-08-31
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/26/2023.
2023-08-24
Waiver of right of respondent Nebraska to respond filed.
2023-08-02
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 7, 2023)

Attorneys

John Vaughn
Bekah Shea KellerDouglas County Public Defender, Petitioner
Bekah Shea KellerDouglas County Public Defender, Petitioner
Nebraska
Eric James HamiltonOffice of the Attorney General of Nebraska, Respondent
Eric James HamiltonOffice of the Attorney General of Nebraska, Respondent