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Garvin v. New York

Certiorari Denied

Petition for certiorari denied on October 1, 2018.

Docket No.17-1320
Op. BelowN.Y.

Issue

(1) Whether a police officer who remains outside a suspect"s home violates the Fourth Amendment by arresting the suspect by show of authority without a warrant when the suspect is at the front door but has not stepped outside; and (2) whether New York"s persistent-felony-offender statute, which requires judicial fact-finding on the question whether an enhanced sentence will "best serve the public interest," violates the Sixth Amendment"s jury-trial guarantee.

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