Kansas Federal Defender Highlights Supreme Court Case That Will Decide If A Warrant Is Required For Historical Cell Site Information

As part of its series on Supreme Court certiorari grants, the Kansas Federal Defender highlights Carpenter v. United States, No. 16-402 (U.S. Jun. 5, 2017) (cert. granted), which asks the Supreme Court to decide whether the warrantless seizure and search of historical cell phone records revealing the location and movements of a cell phone user over the course of 127 days is permitted by the Fourth Amendment.   

For a copy of the highlight article, click here.For link to the Supreme Court’s docket in Carpenter, click here.  

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