HOUSTON — It took just seconds for a routine traffic stop on a Texas highway to escalate into a fatal shooting that left 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes bleeding to death in the driver’s seat.

A routine traffic stop in Texas turned deadly within seconds when a police officer shot and killed 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes in 2016. The Supreme Court weighed Monday whether courts should ...

The Fourth Amendment. The Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “unreasonable searches and seizures.” Before the U.S. Supreme Court in Barnes v. Felix is the issue of how one determines ...

The justices appeared to be in broad agreement that the New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals should take another look at the case of Ashtian Barnes, who died in his rental car in ...

The case began after 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes was killed during a Texas traffic stop in 2016. He was stopped for driving a rental car with unpaid toll violations. When Barnes began to drive away ...

The case began after 24-year-old Ashtian Barnes was killed during a Texas traffic stop in 2016. He was stopped for driving a rental car with unpaid toll violations. When Barnes began to drive away ...