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Supreme Court and Cell Phones According to The Times Editorial Board (2013), the case concerns David Riley, a Californian college student, who was pulled over by police for expired tags. During the incident, it was also discovered that his license had been suspended. As a result, the car was impounded and searched, after which guns were found under the hood. Riley was then arrested and his Samsung phone was confiscated. When searching through the information on the phone, police found text messages containing information about a gang with a photo of Riley and another man near a car that was involved in the shooting. Riley was convicted of the shooting on the strength of this evidence (The Times Editorial Board, 2013).

The Court's decision revolves around whether the information on Riley's phone is in fact admissible as evidence in a criminal case. Especially compounding the issue is that Riley was arrested for a lesser charge, which was expired tags. His phone was only searched once he was arrested and his car impounded. This implicated him in a larger crime. The question...

According to the Governor: "The courts are better suited to resolve the complex and case-specific issues relating to constitutional search-and-seizures protections." In other words, the Governor does not believe that courts should have decision-making powers over matters like determining privacy rights. Hence, warrantless searches should be only within the jurisdiction of law enforcement officers. The governor appears to believe that only officers of the law should have the power and the right to determine what should be involved in warrantless searches.
California Senator Mark Leno, on the other hand, disagreed at the time by saying: "This veto is very unfortunate. The message from the governor was rather incoherent. When…

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Garahn, A. (2011, Oct. 11). California governor allows warrantless search of cell phones. CNN. Retrieved from: http://edition.cnn.com/2011/10/11/tech/mobile/california-phone-search-veto/

The Times Editorial Board (2013, Oct. 3). Hands off our cellphones. Retrieved from: Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from: http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-cellphones-20131002-story.html
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