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Cert. grant: "Consent once removed," Pearson v. Callahan

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

SCOTUS granted cert yesterday in Pearson v. Callahan, 07-751, decision below 494 F.3d 891 (10th Cir. 2007), posted here July 17th. Question Presented: Whether entering the house of an individual pursuant to the “consent once removed” exception to the warrant requirement violates the Fourth Amendment. From Willamette Law School: The issue in this case is whether police officers violated respondent’s Fourth Amendment right to protection from unreasonable search and seizure when the officers entered the home of respondent pursuant to a “consent once removed” exception to the warrant requirement. Officers from the Central Utah Narcotics Task Force (petitioners) received information from a confidential informant that Callahan (respondent) was a methamphetamine dealer...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 25, 2008 (boomark / email).