US v. Graham

Fourth Circuit reverses itself: no warrant needed for historical cell site data

By / June 1, 2016

US v. Graham. In an en banc opinion, the Fourth Circuit overturned the panel’s decision in this case: A majority of the panel held that, although the Government acted in good faith in doing so, it had violated Defendants’ Fourth Amendment rights when it obtained the CSLI without a warrant. . . . We now hold that the …

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High court declines to hear cell-site data case – SCOTUS

By / November 11, 2015

I have previously written about the Fourth Circuit’s decision in US v. Graham, in which the divided court concluded that extended cell-site data could not be admitted without a warrant – and splitting from other circuits. I’ve also previously written about State v. Perry, in which the N.C. Court of Appeals concluded no warrant was …

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