State v. Worsham
State v. Worsham
Case Date: | 03/29/2017 |
Citation: | State v. Worsham, 227 So. 3d 602 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017) |
Court Type: | District Court of Appeal |
Court: | Fla. 4th DCA |
Judge: | Judge: Robert M. Gross |
Rule(s): | 4th Amendment |
Issues: | The State appealed the trial court’s granting of Defendant’s motion to suppress information obtained from a vehicle black box, alleging that the information contained within the black box was not subject to Fourth Amendment protections. |
Resolution: | In a matter of first impression in Florida, the Court upheld the trial court’s ruling, and affirmed Defendant’s motion to suppress. The Court found a reasonable expectation of privacy in information from the black box, which contained information that was not held out to the public. Downloading the information from the black box without a warrant and without exigent circumstances thus violated Defendant’s Fourth Amendment rights. |
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E-Discovery Issues: | Admissibility, Motion to Suppress |
E-discovery Tags: | Preservation and Collection, Sources of ESI |
E-discovery subjects: | Vehicle Black Box |