No. 23-6355

Allan Leslie Sinanan, Jr. v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2023-12-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: article-1-section-8 criminal-procedure drug-buys dunaway-v-new-york fourth-amendment probable-cause strickland-standard terry-stop terry-v-ohio warrantless-arrest
Key Terms:
SocialSecurity Securities Immigration
Latest Conference: 2024-02-23
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Pennsylvania judiciary's application of the Strickland/Pierce standard was unreasonable

Question Presented (from Petition)

QUESTION PRESENTED WHETHER THE PENNSYLVANIA JUDICIARY'S APPLICATION OF THE Strickland/Pierce STANDARD WAS UNREASONABLE, WHERE TRIAL COUNSEL FAILED TO LITIGATE VIOLATIONS OF THE FOURTH AMENDMENT AND ARTICLE 1, SECTION 8 TO INCULPATORY EVIDENCE OBTAINED FROM AN UNLAWFUL "WARRANTLESS ARREST" SUBSTANTIATED ON ALLEGED DRUG BUYS MORE THAN TWO MONTHS OLD, WITH NO PROBABLE CAUSE AT THE TIME THAT A CRIME WAS BEING OR ABOUT TO BE COMMITTED OR REASONABLE SUSPICION THAT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WAS AFOOT, IN CONFLICT WITH THE SUPREME COURT'S HOLDING IN Terry V. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968); Dunaway V. New York, 442 U.S. 200 (1978); AND Conmonwealth V. Melendez, 676 A.2d 226 (Pa. 1996) REQUIRING SUPPRESSION OF ANY EVIDENCE SEIZED? SUGGESTED ANSWER IS: 11/16/2023

Docket Entries

2024-02-26
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/23/2024.
2023-11-17
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due January 26, 2024)

Attorneys

Allan Leslie Sinanan
Allan L. Sinanan Jr. — Petitioner
Allan L. Sinanan Jr. — Petitioner