The police need a warrant to seize your cell phone. Recent Supreme Court case law has held that the warrant requirement for searches and seizures also applies to cell phones. The police routinely seize cell phones when they are investigating...
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New Rules on Cell Phone Warrants
In the past, the rules for police officers were quite simple. According to the Fourth Amendment, police officers were allowed to search and evaluate evidence they had collected with a correctly-worded warrant. However, times have changed, technology has changed,...
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