Supreme Court Requires Warrant for Cell Phone Searches by Police

by Gary Kopycinski on June 26, 2014

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WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–June 25, 2014. The Supreme Court unanimously ruled today that police must obtain a warrant before searching the contents of a cell phone seized from someone who has been arrested, absent a true emergency situation. The American Civil Liberties Union had filed an amicus brief in the case, Riley v. California.