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NACDL News: Cellphone Privacy and the Fourth Amendment at the Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments on April 29 in two important cases related to law enforcement searches of cellphones incident to arrest and the Fourth Amendment. The first case, United States v. Wurie, asks if police, without obtaining a warrant, should be allowed to review an arrestee’s cellphone call log. The second case, Riley v. California, focuses on the admissibility of evidence seized through the search of an arrestee’s Smartphone without a warrant.