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Jacob Matthew Johnson v. Texas
Paid petition · Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, No. PD-0561-20 · judgment May 12, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Can three or four unadorned “calls for service” to an area (1) constitute a specific and articulable fact significantly associating said area with criminal activity, (2) support an officer’s reasonable suspicion of those found therein, and (3) justify a warrantless search and seizure despite the plain text of the Fourth Amendment and “no indication that the person was engaged in criminal activity other than sitting there in the dark”?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Pieratt Demond
Demond Law, PLLC
For respondent
Trey David Picard
Brazoria County Criminal District Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage
Proceedings
- Dec 06 2021Petition DENIED.
- Nov 16 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/3/2021.
- Nov 11 2021Brief amici curiae of Harris County Public Defender's Office and Defense Attorneys filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 11 2021Brief amici curiae of National Association for Public Defense and Restoring Justice filed. (Distributed)
- Nov 10 2021Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
- Nov 08 2021Motion of Jacob Johnson for an extension of time not accepted for filing. (November 09, 2021)
- Oct 15 2021Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Jacob Johnson
- Oct 07 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 12, 2021)