No. 25-5939

Michael Georgie Carson v. Michigan

Lower Court: Michigan
Docketed: 2025-10-22
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
IFP
Tags: criminal-procedure fourth-amendment ineffective-assistance probable-cause search-warrant sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
FourthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2026-01-09
Question Presented (from Petition)

DOES THE MICHIGAN SUPREME COURT'S DECISION CONFLICT WITH THE U.S. SUPREME COURT'S CASELAW, WHEN THEY OVERTURNED THE MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS FINDING THAT HELD; "...THE DEFENDANT WAS DENIED HIS SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHT TO THE EFFECTIVE ASSISTANCE OF COUNSEL WHERE, DEFENSE COUNSEL FAILED TO.. FILE A PRE-TRIAL MOTION TO SUPRESS THE CONTENTS OF THE CELL PHONE, WHERE THE SEARCH WARRANT WAS DEFECTIVE BECAUSE THE 'PARTICULARITY' REQUIREMENTS OF THE WARRANT WAS OVERBROAD AND FAILED TO PROVIDE PROBABLE CAUSE FOR EACH OF THE PHONE CONTENTS SOUGHT TO BE ADMITTED AT TRIAL, AND THEREBY VIOLATED THE FOURTH AMENDMENT OF THE U.S. CONSTITUTION".

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Michigan Supreme Court's decision conflicts with U.S. Supreme Court caselaw regarding ineffective assistance of counsel and Fourth Amendment search warrant requirements

Docket Entries

2026-01-12
Petition DENIED.
2025-12-04
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
2025-10-08
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 21, 2025)

Attorneys

Michael G. Carson
Michael G. Carson — Petitioner