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Ramon Rios, III v. Texas

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourteenth District, No. 14-18-00886-CR · judgment August 27, 2020


Certiorari denied · October 3, 2022
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

I. Does the Fourth Amendment prohibit a warrantless protective sweep of the interior of a home following the arrest of a resident outside his home that had been under 24-hour surveillance for more than two months? II. Can the plain-view doctrine provide an exception to the warrant requirement when items are stored in opaque black trash bags that law enforcement officers observed while conducting a 30-minute protective sweep of the interior of a home after completing the arrest of the resident outside his home?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Andrew Benjamin Bender
The Bender Law Firm PLLC

For respondent
Heather Anne Hudson
Harris County District Attorney's Office

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Oct 03 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jun 22 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2022.
  3. Jun 14 2022
    Reply of petitioner Ramon Rios III filed.
  4. Jun 03 2022
    Brief of respondent Texas in opposition filed.
  5. May 05 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including June 6, 2022.
  6. May 04 2022
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 5, 2022 to June 6, 2022, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. Apr 05 2022
    Response Requested. (Due May 5, 2022)
  8. Mar 23 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 4/14/2022.
  9. Mar 16 2022
    Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
  10. Feb 22 2022
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due March 30, 2022)