No. 24-7005

Alsham M. Laster v. Indiana

Lower Court: Indiana
Docketed: 2025-04-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-procedure evidence-seizure fourth-amendment law-enforcement probable-cause warrantless-search
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure Privacy
Latest Conference: 2025-05-22
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the warrantless seizure of a phone during a murder investigation violated the Fourth Amendment when police lacked probable cause, failed to limit the seizure, and detained the phone for an extended period

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

Whether the warrantless seizure of Alsham Laster’s phone, during a murder investigation, violated the Fourth Amendment when: (i) police did not have probable cause that evidence of the murder was on the phone ; (ii) law enforcement failed to secure Laster’s phone in a manner that was reasonably limited and tailored to the need; and ( iii) the restraint was not limited in time and scope, avoiding a significant intrusion, when police took twenty two (22) hour s to obtain an approved warrant ?

Docket Entries

2025-05-27
Petition DENIED.
2025-05-07
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/22/2025.
2025-04-30
Waiver of Indiana of right to respond submitted.
2025-04-30
Waiver of right of respondent Indiana to respond filed.
2025-04-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due May 16, 2025)

Attorneys

Alsham Laster
Talisha Renea GriffinMarion County Public Defender Agency, Petitioner
Indiana
James Allen BartaOffice of the Indiana Attorney General, Respondent