Daquon Rollo Corrothers v. North Carolina

The first Question Presented is whether the Fourth Amendment protects a citizen from a search of the curtilage surrounding his home, when that search was “prompted by” a warrantless, unconstitutional search conducted by the same law-enforcement officer on the previous evening. The second Question Presented is whether the taint created when a prior, illegal search prompts an officer to apply for a search warrant is removed if the subsequent warrant application includes facts sufficient to demonstrate probable cause to believe that a crime has been committed and does not include information gathered during the prior, illegal search. The third Question Presented is whether Mr. Corrothers’s trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to challenge the search conducted at Mr. Corrothers’s home. LIST OF PARTIES All parties appear in the caption of the case on the cover page. RELATED CASES North Carolina Court of Appeals, COA23-865, State v. Corrothers, August 6, 2024 (available at 295 N.C. App. 192, 905 S.E.2d 237).