No. 23-6990

Kristopher Dean Putnam v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-03-15
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP Experienced Counsel
Tags: cell-phone cell-phone-search exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment good-faith-exception probable-cause search-warrant
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2024-04-12
Question Presented (AI Summary)

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?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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.

Docket Entries

2024-04-15
Petition DENIED.
2024-03-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2024.
2024-03-20
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-03-12
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due April 15, 2024)
2024-01-17
Application (23A655) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until March 12, 2024.
2024-01-12
Application (23A655) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from February 11, 2024 to March 12, 2024, submitted to Justice Alito.

Attorneys

Kristopher Dean Putnam
Kristin L. DavidsonFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
Kristin L. DavidsonFederal Public Defender, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent