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Lamont Lendell Bagley v. Virginia

Paid petition · Supreme Court of Virginia, No. 210390 · judgment September 20, 2021

Certiorari denied · February 28, 2022
Pre-decision estimate: 3% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the protective search exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement extends to an unoccupied vehicle if the former occupant is detained and secured away from the vehicle and is not subject to a traffic stop or roadside encounter.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elliott Michael Harding
Harding Counsel, PLLC

For respondent
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Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Feb 28 2022
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Feb 09 2022
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 2/25/2022.
  3. Dec 20 2021
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due January 28, 2022)
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