Judge Rules FBI Cannot View a Phone Lock Screen Without a Warrant

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In a Seattle court, Judge John Coughenour determined that gathering evidence from a lock screen constitutes a search, therefore doing so without first obtaining a warrant violates the Fourth Amendment, which prohibits unreasonable search seizure.

Joseph Sam from Washington state was arrested in May 2019 and indicted on several charges related to robbery and assault. The suspect was in possession of a Motorola smartphone. According to Sam, one of the officers present at his arrest pressed the power button to bring up the phone's lock screen.
 

shadowman

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NIce story...
Montanez is going to spend six months in jail for preventing police from rooting around in seized cellphones for evidence they don’t need and which would likely be highly irrelevant to these criminal proceedings.
I'd rather do 6 months in jail then give out the password and have the cops find more dirt on him and then serve 10 year sentence (y)
 

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Clearly someone has done something that will net them more than 6 months...
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shadowman

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Ill ASSume the risk isnt worth the reward. Crime just dont pay. But then again, if I was a cop and there were no more criminals. Ill have to start arresting honest people. I have to make my quota. LOL
 

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