Category Archives: Fourth Amendment

Seventh Circuit Upholds Warrantless Search of Cell Phones-USA v. Abel Flores-Lopez

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Mike Baker

Police currently have wide latitude to search the contents of cell phones – including text messages, voice mails, photos, Internet browsing history, and reams of other data – when searching an arrestee incident to arrest. In the Flores-Lopez case, an … Continue reading →

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Fourth Amendment, GPS Surveillance

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Mike Baker

On November 8th, the Supreme Court will hear oral argument in United States v. Jones, the case on whether installation and/or use of a GPS device on a suspect’s car to record the public places the car travels is a … Continue reading →

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