No. 24-6023

Leonardo Terrazas v. United States

Lower Court: Fifth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-11-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-rights exclusionary-rule fourth-amendment inevitable-discovery law-enforcement search-and-seizure
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2025-01-10
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Fifth Circuit's application of the inevitable-discovery doctrine conflicts with Supreme Court precedent

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the Fifth Circuit’s application of the inevitablediscovery doctrine—based on its assumption that officers would have discovered the same evidence they found by violating the Fourth Amendment even if they had acted lawfully—directly conflicts with this Court’s precedent.

Docket Entries

2025-01-13
Petition DENIED.
2024-12-05
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/10/2025.
2024-11-29
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2024-11-20
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 23, 2024)

Attorneys

Leonardo Terrazas
Carl Richard HenniesFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
Carl Richard HenniesFederal Public Defender, Western District of Texas, Petitioner
United States
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent
Elizabeth B. PrelogarSolicitor General, Respondent