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Thursday, May 14, 2009
Courts - Still more on: NY high court rules police need warrants for GPS trackers
Updating ILB reports from Tuesday and yesterday (including a link to the opinion), Sewell Chan reports today in the NY Times in a story that begins:
In a 4-to-3 ruling, the New York State Court of Appeals ruled on Tuesday that the State Police violated a criminal suspect’s rights under the State Constitution when it placed a GPS tracking device inside the bumper of his van without obtaining a warrant.The police had used the device to monitor the movements of the suspect, Scott C. Weaver, for more than two months. But the court ordered the evidence gathered from the device suppressed and ordered a new trial for Mr. Weaver.
In three written opinions, the judges debated the constitutional issues raised by the growing use of global positioning system technology as a tool of surveillance. The case could set an important precedent for state and local police agencies.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on May 14, 2009 01:23 PM
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