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State high court: Police OK to use GPS in burglary case
Police did not violate a Wisconsin man's constitutional protections against unreasonable search and seizure when they impounded his car and secretly installed a GPS device on it, the state Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
State Supreme Court rejects appeal in GPS planting
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a man who argued police violated his constitutional rights by seizing his vehicle and planting a GPS device.
Lawyers, lawmakers ponder limits of Supreme Court’s GPS tracking ruling
Months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the police’s use of GPS tracking devices on suspects’ cars constitutes a search for Fourth Amendment purposes, law enforcement officials, defense lawyers and lawmakers are trying to define the limits of the ruling.
Judge declines to sanction prosecutors in GPS case
A federal judge is declining to sanction prosecutors for failing to disclose the use of GPS devices to track an Iowa drug suspect.
Walker signs bill allowing judges to order GPS tracking
Gov. Scott Walker has signed a bill that allows judges to order GPS monitoring for people who violate restraining orders.
Senate approves GPS monitoring expansion
The state Senate has signed off on a bill that would allow judges to order GPS monitoring for people who violate restraining orders.
Assembly approves requiring GPS monitoring
The state Assembly has passed a bill that would allow judges to order GPS monitoring for people who violate restraining orders.
US Supreme Court’s GPS ruling to get first test
A federal case in St. Louis will be one of the first in the nation to test the application of the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision declaring the use of GPS tracking a search under the Fourth Amendment.
Criminal Search and Seizure — GPS devices
The Government's attachment of a GPS device to a vehicle, and its use of that device to monitor that vehicle, constitutes a search under the Fourth Amendment.
Justices of US Supreme Court question privacy expectations in GPS case
In a case that had the justices questioning just how far the expectation of privacy extends in a world of ever-evolving technologies, the U.S. Supreme Court considered Tuesday whether the police’s use of a warrantless GPS tracking device on a suspect’s car violated the Fourth Amendment.
THE DARK SIDE: Predictions from a simple provincial lawyer
Yesterday was the First Monday in October, established by 28 U.S.C. sec. 2, as the beginning of a new term of the U.S. Supreme Court (not to mention a rather lousy play from back in the 1970s).
Report: Checks needed on police GPS tracking
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) – A bipartisan group that includes former leaders of the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration on Wednesday called for limits on law enforcement’s use of GPS and other powerful technologies to track the movements of suspects. Police should be required to obtain a search warrant for any GPS […]
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