The Abandonment of Digital Devices
Published for NC Criminal Law on November 15, 2023.
Our cell phones and laptops normally are subject to a reasonable expectation of privacy, meaning that police cannot search them without a search warrant or an applicable exception to the warrant requirement. But when a person abandons a digital device, he or she relinquishes that expectation of privacy and police may examine the device without ... Read more
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