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Isaiah Pinkerton v. Rhode Island
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Rhode Island, No. 2024-104-C.A. · judgment May 19, 2026
Questions presented
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Whether probable cause that a person committed a crime supports a warrant for historical cell-site location information for a phone number the government asserts was used by that person, absent facts to support that assertion?
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Whether consent to a warrantless DNA swab may be voluntary under the totality of the circumstances when police falsely tell a person that he is required to submit?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Camille Ann McKenna
Rhode Island Public Defender
For respondent
Christopher Robinson Bush
Rhode Island Office of the Attorney General
Case
Subject area
Criminal Procedure (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 08 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/6/2026.
- Sep 30 2026Waiver of right of respondent Rhode Island to respond filed.
- Sep 09 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due October 15, 2026)