Law enforcement access to the material on Americans' cell phones is becoming a significant legal issue. Judges and legislators in many states have been dealing with this tricky issue of cell phone searches. Searching E-mail Do the police need a warrant to search the e-mail on a cell phone? Are warrantless searches of Americans' emails a violation … [Read more...]
Stop And Frisk Searches Thrown Out By Courts In New York – Part I
In July of 2012, two New York State Appellate Courts threw out searches related to stop and frisk situations by the police. The searches resulted in the police finding loaded guns. However, the Courts held, just because teenagers are nervous in high crime areas this is not a sufficient basis for the police to stop and frisk them. In each of these … [Read more...]
