25 Sep Do The Police Need A Search Warrant For My Phone?
Posted at 21:45h
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Cell phones are small objects that can hold a lot of information and secrets. When the police want to look through it, they will need a warrant, in most cases. Instances where a warrant will not be required:
- The owner gives consent to the cops to search the phone.
- When the police stop a person with reasonable suspicion that a crime has been or will be committed, and frisk them.
- The phone is in plain view – the phone may be in plain view for the officers to take. But when texts and phone calls are concealed and the cops go through this data without reason, then the judge could throw out this as evidence.
- It was seized during a search on public school property.
- The police are in pursuit of the suspect who can easily destroy their phone, which holds evidence.
These are general exceptions to the warrant issue and truthfully, it does sound like many exceptions which cover many instances. But each exception goes into much more detail. In actuality, a more specific instance within one of these general situations may suddenly require a warrant – like going through texts and phone logs on a phone that was seized for being in plain view. Confused? Just keep doing research and talk to a lawyer for the specifics.