( June 29, 2026, 14:16 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Supreme Court has ruled in a 6-3 decision that police conducted a search when they accessed the cell phone location data of Okello Chatrie as part of an effort to investigate a Richmond, Virginia, bank robbery. "An individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in records about his cell phone’s location, and police intrude on that constitutionally protected interest when they demand the information—even though for only a limited time, and from a third-party tech company," Justice Elena Kagan wrote for the court. The justices remanded to the appeals court the question of whether "given the warrant issued, the search here was reasonable, meaning that each of its steps was properly described with particularity and found to be supported by probable cause."See attached document....
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