State v. Peoples
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- Decided
- Citation
- 240 Ariz. 244 (2016)
What did the court decide?
The Arizona Supreme Court held that a person has a reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone, even when the phone is left in someone else's home, and that a warrantless search of the phone violated the Fourth Amendment.
Why does it matter?
An Arizona case protecting phone contents from warrantless searches.
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