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Minnesota v. Quentin Todd Chute

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Minnesota, No. A15-2053 · judgment April 6, 2018

Certiorari denied · October 29, 2018
Pre-decision estimate: 7% cert probability (95% interval 4%–11%)

Before the decision, about 1.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for a circuit split argued in the petition, a petition citing three to ten dissents, and a petition filed soon after the judgment below.

Question presented

After Florida v. Jardines, 569 U.S. 1 (2013), and Collins v. Virginia, 138 S.Ct. 1663 (2018), it is unclear – and there is a split in authority on – whether the Fourth Amendment prohibits police officers from engaging in knock-and-talks to gather evidence, and if officers are allowed to stop and look at evidence of a crime that is nearby and in plain view when they approach a house. Is an officer’s subjective intent still irrelevant to the lawfulness of entry on to impliedly open curtilage? Once on curtilage can an officer inspect, without touching, what is in plain view?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Thomas R. Ragatz
Ramsey County Attorney's Office

For respondent
Steven P. Russett
MN Public Defender's Office

Case

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

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Order
Order list, October 29, 2018 · Certiorari denied

Proceedings

  1. Oct 29 2018
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent GRANTED.
  2. Oct 29 2018
    Petition DENIED.
  3. Oct 03 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/26/2018.
  4. Sep 28 2018
    Reply of petitioner Minnesota filed.
  5. Sep 14 2018
    Brief of respondent Quentin T. Chute in opposition filed.
  6. Sep 14 2018
    Motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed by respondent Quentin T. Chute.
  7. Aug 27 2018
    Response Requested. (Due September 26, 2018)
  8. Aug 22 2018
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/24/2018.
  9. Jul 30 2018
    Waiver of right of respondent Quentin T. Chute to respond filed.
  10. Jul 03 2018
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 8, 2018)