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Dwayne Ernest Wharton v. Texas
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, No. 01-22-00178-CR · judgment November 26, 2024
Question presented
Does a violation of the Fourth Amendment, as enunciated in this Court's holdings in Carpenter v. United States, 138 U.S. 2206 (2018) and United States v. Jones, 565 U.S. 400 (2012) occur when, in a state court capital murder trial, the lower courts hold that evidence of GPS location data stored by a third party is admissible when obtained by law enforcement without first securing a search warrant issued by a neutral and detached magistrate?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Wayne Trenchard Hill
For respondent
Heather Anne Hudson
Harris County District Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Dec 08 2025Petition DENIED.
- Nov 13 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/5/2025.
- Nov 10 2025Waiver of right of respondent Texas to respond filed.
- Sep 12 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2025)