Search Warrant Archives - Elizabeth B. Carpenter Attorney At Law

Courts Continue to Examine Digital Electronic Privacy Issues

Case Law: Search and Seizure of Digital Electronics In a separate web posting I detailed the ruling and background pertaining to Riley v. California, a 2014 landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision which said that police cannot search the contents of a smart phone (or flip-top phone) without a warrant. The ruling generally was viewed by legal pundits and others as a victory for individual privacy rights, but other Fourth Amendment issues related to high-tech devices remained up in the air. Following the decision, legal questions surrounding warrantless police searches of other electronics such as laptop and desktop computers have [...]

By Elizabeth B. Carpenter|2016-01-26T00:48:50+00:00January 26th, 2016|Categories: Case Law, Search and Seizure|Tags: Riley vs. California, Search and Seizure Law, Search Warrant|

Los Angeles v. Patel: Hotels Right To Privacy — Under Fire!

The United States Supreme Court to Hear Argument on the Issue of Hotel Guest's Right to Privacy The US Supreme Court will examine a question of privacy as it concerns hotel and motel guest records during this session. The high court agreed to review a federal appeals court ruling that struck down a Los Angeles ordinance requiring that hotel guest records “be made available to any officer of the Los Angeles Police Department for inspection.” A divided Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled this past December that the ordinance was unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment, which guards against [...]

By Elizabeth B. Carpenter|2015-06-12T15:18:39+00:00November 3rd, 2014|Categories: Case Law, The Constitution, U.S. Supreme Court|Tags: Case Law, Criminal Attorney New Orleans, Los Angeles v Patel, Search and Seizure, Search Warrant|