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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.
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.
09-1556 U.S. v. Jones
Sentencing Relevant conduct Unlawful conduct need not be chargeable in federal court in order for it to constitute relevant conduct under the Sentencing Guidelines. “The fact that Jones’s possession of the rifle constituted a state rather than a federal crime does not preclude its treatment as relevant conduct. The Guidelines themselves do not define relevant […]
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