State v. K.C.
State v. K.C.
Case Date: | 12/07/2016 |
Citation: | State v. K.C., 207 So. 3d 951 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016) |
Court Type: | District Court of Appeal |
Court: | Fla. 4th DCA |
Judge: | Judge: Martha C. Warner |
Rule(s): | 4th Amendment |
Issues: | The State searched an abandoned, password-protected cellphone without a warrant, and Defendant filed a motion to suppress. The issue was whether the search violated Defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. |
Resolution: | The Court affirmed Defendant’s motion to suppress. The Court determined that a warrant was required to search a password-protected phone even if it was abandoned, due to the amount of information stored in a cell phone and the expectation of privacy in that information. |
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E-Discovery Issues: | Admissibility, Motion to Suppress |
E-discovery Tags: | Preservation and Collection, Privacy, Sources of ESI |
E-discovery subjects: | Cell phone |