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Keithrick Thomas v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, No. 14-16-00230-CR · judgment June 8, 2017

Certiorari denied · April 15, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

  1. Has a Fourth Amendment violation occurred, where an uninvited police officer approaches a vehicle passenger, after the passenger has exited the vehicle, and conducts a warrantless search of the passenger’s pockets, in the driveway of the passenger’s house? i.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Nicolette Westbrooks
The Law Offices of Nicolette Westbrooks

For respondent
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Case

Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Order
Order list, April 15, 2019 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Apr 15 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Mar 27 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/12/2019.
  3. Feb 01 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 11, 2019)