Criminal
Jun. 27, 2014
High court shoots down warrantless cellphone searches
Local prosecutors say a Supreme Court ruling that police must generally obtain warrants to search suspects' cellphones at the time of an arrest will provide welcome guidance to law enforcement in a practice that previously split opinions.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The U.S. Supreme Court's unanimous ruling Wednesday that police must generally obtain warrants to search suspects' cellphones at the time of an arrest will provide welcome guidance to law enforcement in a practice that previously split opinions, local prosecutors said.
California is among a handful of states that permitted warrantless searches, while high courts in Florida and Ohio ruled th...
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