Tower Dumps
A "tower dump" is a download of information about every phone that connected to a cell tower during a period of time. The U.S. Supreme Court has expressly left this question open. We list rulings here only after verifying them; more decisions will be added as they are confirmed. Summaries from Criminal Defense Resources™ are general education for pro per/pro se defendants and families, not legal advice.
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Carpenter v. United States
The Court held that when the government obtains a person's historical cell-site location records from a phone company, that is a Fourth Amendment search, and police generally need a warrant.
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