Kristopher Dean Putnam v. United States
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Does the Fourth Amendment permit the issuance of a search warrant for a cell phone absent case-specific facts connecting the alleged crime and the phone?
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW In Riley v. California, 573 U.S. 373 (2014), the Court held that police officers must generally obtain a warrant before searching a cell phone seized incident to arrest because of the distinctive privacy interests in digital information. The Court did not address what a search warrant application for a cell phone must contain in order to establish probable cause. The questions presented are: 1. Does the Fourth Amendment permit the issuance of a search warrant for a cell phone absent case-specific facts connecting the alleged crime and the phone? 2. Does the good faith exception to the exclusionary rule apply where the search warrant application for a cell phone lacks case-specific facts connecting the alleged crime and the phone? ii No. In the Supreme Court of the United States KRISTOPHER DEAN PUTNAM, PETITIONER, V. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, RESPONDENT PETITION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT Petitioner Kristopher Dean Putnam asks that a writ of certiorari issue to review the opinion and judgment entered by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on November 13, 2023.