Supreme Court Hears Cell Phone Search Incident to Arrest Cases

Published for NC Criminal Law on April 30, 2014.

Yesterday, the Supreme Court heard two cases regarding whether law enforcement officers may search a suspect’s cell phone incident to arrest. Generally, the answer to that question in North Carolina has been yes, as I discussed here. But it sounds like a new rule may be coming soon. The cases. In United States v. Wurie, ... Read more

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