The U.S. Supreme Court says ‘no’ to cell-phone searches incident to arrest

In Riley v. California, the Court established a rare bright-line rule under the Fourth Amendment when it declared that data searches of cell phones -- regardless of type -- are unlawful incident to arrest. David J. Robinson's article in the September Illinois Bar Journal analyzes Riley and provides guidance to practitioners and judges about how to deal with motions to exclude evidence collected before and after the high Court ruling. Read it here.

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Mark S. Mathewson

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