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Robert Lee Crider v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, No. PD-1070-19 · judgment September 16, 2020

Certiorari denied · February 22, 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

The United States Supreme Court has held that the compelled extraction of blood from a person’s body is a Fourth Amendment search. The Court has also held that the government’s chemical analysis of blood extracted from a person’s body is a Fourth Amendment search. This case presents the question of whether a Fourth Amendment violation occurs when the government extracts a blood sample by compelled intrusion into a person’s body and then chemically analyzes that blood sample for alcohol based upon a warrant authorizing only the extraction of blood, but that does not authorize the chemical analysis of the seized blood.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Michael Patrick Maguire
M. Patrick Maguire, P.C.

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 22 2021
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 03 2021
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/19/2021.
  3. Dec 11 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 19, 2021)