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Amanuel Gebrengus Atsemet v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Eleventh District, No. 11-18-00053-CR · judgment April 30, 2020

Certiorari denied · May 24, 2021
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

When applying the “totality of the circumstances” test for reasonable suspicion in a state that has criminalized marijuana, does the consideration of an out-ofstate license plate from a jurisdiction that has legalized marijuana violate the constitutional right to travel?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
John Torrey Hunter
Hunter, Lane & Jampala

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. May 24 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. May 04 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/20/2021.
  3. Mar 22 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 23, 2021)