Supreme Court: Can’t Search Cell Phones Incident to Arrest
Published for NC Criminal Law on June 26, 2014.
Yesterday, the Supreme Court issued a long-awaited opinion concerning searching cell phones incident to arrest. The Court ruled that the search incident to arrest exception to the warrant requirement doesn’t apply to cell phones. North Carolina law previously allowed such searches, so the opinion is significant. The facts of the cases. The Court ruled on ... Read more
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