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Supreme Court Prohibits Warrantless Cell Phone Searches Incident to Arrest: While the Fourth Amendment Remains Invariant, Technology Alters the Facts and Legal Conclusions
Posted on 22 Jul 2014 by David Bender

By David Bender The reduced expectations of privacy caused by an arrest do not mean the Fourth Amendment, [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers ], no longer applies. The United States argued that a search of all data stored on a... Read More

Tags: warrantless search , smartphone , Fourth Amendment , search warrant , cell phones

Jay Shapiro on Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie: Supreme Court Determines Legality of Cell Phone Searches Incident to Arrest
Posted on 7 Aug 2014 by Jay Shapiro

In Riley v. California and United States v. Wurie, ( David Leon Riley v. State of California , No. 13-132, United States v. Brima Wurie , No. 13-212, U.S. Sup.; 2014 U.S. LEXIS 4497) [lexis.com subscribers may access Supreme Court briefs and the opinion... Read More

Tags: warrantless search , smartphone , Fourth Amendment , search warrant , cell phones