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Should Cell Phone Searches Without A Warrant Be Legal?

The police in California can now search your cell phone or handheld device without a warrant for evidence for a case, according to a ruling issued today by the state's Supreme Court. The judges determined that police have the right to examine items they seize, which can range from text messages to app history to websites that [...]
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CA Supreme Court Allows Cell Phone Searches Without Warrant

United States / San Francisco : SFist (2 years ago)

The California Supreme Court made a controversial 5-2 ruling yesterday allowing police to search arrestees' cell phones without a warrant. This finding is said to be in line with decisions made in the 1970s that items on an arrestee... Read Post

Supreme Court Rules Police Must Have Warrant To Track Vehicles Via GPS

News : The Inquisitr - News (last year)

The Supreme Court has been going over a case as of late that involved the police and FBI who attached a GPS device to a drug suspect’s Jeep and without a search warrant. Today, judges ruled that it’s unconstitutional and that law en... Read Post

California Courts Rule Cell Phones & Text Messages Can Be Searched Without Warrant

Pop Culture / Celebrity : Perez Hilton (2 years ago)

Hmm. Not sure how we feel about this. On Monday, the California Supreme Court ruled that police are no longer require to have a warrant to search a cell phone carried by someone under arrest. In a 5-2 ruling, the justices determined... Read Post


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