Cops must get a warrant before looking through cellphone content

  • 26 June 2014
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Author/ Zeljka Zorz/ HNS Managing Editor/ Posted on 26 June 2014.
 
The nine judges of the US Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that law enforcement officers can't search the contents of an arrested individual's cell phone(s) without a search warrant.

The matter was decided on following two appeals made by two individuals who were ultimately convicted of crimes based on the information the police discovered in/thanks to their smart phones at the time of their arrest.

In the judges' opinion, perusing the digital contents of a suspect's phone without a warrant equals infringing on his or her fourth amendment protections against unlawful search and seizure.
 
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