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U.S. Supreme Court

Oct. 5, 2011

Supreme Court punts on cell phone search case

The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to the California Supreme Court judgment allowing police to search the electronic contents mobile phones without warrants.


By Robert Iafolla


Daily Journal Staff Writer


WASHINGTON - The U.S. Supreme Court refused to consider a challenge to a California Supreme Court judgment allowing police to search the electronic contents of mobile phones without warrants, one of hundreds of cases the court turned down Monday.


Gregory Diaz had appealed the California high court's 5-2 January decision holding that such searches are consistent with case law under the Fourth Ame...

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