Supreme Court rules on GPS, search warrants
| Updated: 1/23/2012 11:40 am |
Published: 1/23/2012 11:38 am
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The Supreme Court ruled police cannot use GPS to track criminal suspects without a search warrant.
An appeals court overturned Washington D.C. nightclub owner Antoine Jones’ life sentence. .In Jones case, police installed a GPS device on his vehicle without a search warrant and tracked his movements for a month and linked him to a suburban house where he stashed money and drugs.
The Supreme Court agreed with the appeals courts decision.
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