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Daily Archives: January 18, 2014

January 18, 2014 traverseattorney News

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Do Police Need Warrant to Search Cell Phones?

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear 2 cases. The first:

In one of the cases the court agreed to hear, the federal appeals court in Boston in May threw out evidence gathered after the police there inspected the call log of a drug dealer’s rudimentary flip phone.

The second case:

That case arose from the arrest of David L. Riley, who was pulled over for having an expired auto registration. The police found loaded guns in the car and, on inspecting Mr. Riley’s smartphone, entries they associated with a street gang.

A more comprehensive search of the phone led to information that linked Mr. Riley to a shooting. He was later convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to 15 years to life.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/18/us/supreme-court-to-consider-limits-of-cellphone-searches.html?_r=0