U.S. Supreme Court
Jul. 1, 2014
Court gets it right on cellphone searches
A cellphone isn't a cigarette pack. This less-than-controversial premise drove the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Riley v. California. By Micah Schwartzbach
A cellphone isn't a cigarette pack. This less-than-controversial premise drove the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling in Riley v. California: that, without warrants, police officers can't search information stored on the mobile phones of those they arrest. 2014 DJDAR 8220 (June 26, 2014).
Though the court's rationale had to do primarily with smart phones, the ruling applies to all cellphones alike, even dinosaurs ...
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