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Christopher R. Cummins v. Illinois
Paid petition · Appellate Court of Illinois, Second District, No. 2-23-0516 · judgment July 8, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a petition under 3,000 words.
Question presented
This case presents a question not presented in Brigham City v. Stuart or in Case v. Montana: Will a warrantless entry into a residence by the police be upheld under the “emergency exception” to the warrant requirement of the 4th Amendment when the police observed no fracas and had not received any information that “anybody was hurt in there or that there was an emergency”?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Terry David Slaw
Law Offices of Terry D. Slaw P.C.
For respondent
Jane Elinor Notz
Office of the Attorney General, State of Illinois
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Jun 24 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Jun 18 2026Reply of petitioner Christopher R. Cummins filed.
- Jun 04 2026Brief of respondent Illinois in opposition filed.
- May 08 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including June 11, 2026.
- May 07 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from May 15, 2026 to June 11, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Apr 07 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including May 15, 2026.
- Apr 06 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response from April 15, 2026 to May 15, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Mar 16 2026Response Requested. (Due April 15, 2026)
- Mar 04 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/20/2026.
- Mar 02 2026Waiver of right of respondent Illinois to respond filed.
- Feb 24 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due April 1, 2026)