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Old 02-27-2014, 02:46 AM  
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In sum, we conclude, as did the court of appeals, that a cell phone is not like a pair of pants or a shoe.

Given modern technology and the incredible amount of personal information stored and accessible on a cell phone, we hold that a citizen does not lose his reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone merely because that cell phone is being stored in a jail property room.

Officer Harrell could have seized appellant’s phone and held it while he sought a search warrant, but, even with probable cause, he could not “activate and search the contents of an inventoried cellular phone” without one. We answer “No” to the SPA’s sole question for review, and we affirm the judgment of the court of appeals.

Delivered: February 26, 2014
Sounds like a reasonable conclusion/decision to me.



I do not believe that Police should have a right to search cell phones (or computers) without a search warrant.

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