United States v. P.C. (District of Minnesota/8th Cir. 2015-present)

The client is charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and facing a 15-year mandatory minimum prison sentence. Based on recent U.S. Supreme Court caselaw, I convinced a magistrate judge to suppress crucial evidence recovered from the client’s cell phone. That decision was reversed, but on appeal I convinced the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals to vacate his 15-year sentence and order that he be resentenced to no more than 10 years. But I haven’t given up fighting his conviction. I am now asking for review by the U.S. Supreme Court, attempting to settle the authority of police officers to search through people’s cell phones without a warrant.