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|facts=Police officers placed a GPS device on a suspect's car. Next, they tracked the car's position for a month all without obtaining a search warrant under the 4th Amendment of the [[US Constitution]]. | |facts=Police officers placed a GPS device on a suspect's car. Next, they tracked the car's position for a month all without obtaining a search warrant under the 4th Amendment of the [[US Constitution]]. | ||
|procedural_history=Three lower courts ruled that using a GPS device for electronic location tracking doesn't constitute a "search." The lower courts stated that there is no expectation of privacy in public movements. | |procedural_history=Three lower courts ruled that using a GPS device for electronic location tracking doesn't constitute a "search." The lower courts stated that there is no expectation of privacy in public movements. | ||
|issues=Is a search warrant | |issues=Is a search warrant required to track a person's location using their car's GPS? | ||
|holding=The police trespassed on the suspect's property rights when they secretly attached a GPS device on the suspect's vehicle. | |holding=The police trespassed on the suspect's property rights when they secretly attached a GPS device on the suspect's vehicle. | ||
|rule=A trespass is a search. | |rule=A trespass is a search. | ||
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Revision as of 13:04, September 17, 2022
United States v. Jones | |
Court | Supreme Court of the United States |
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Citation | |
Date decided | January 23, 2012 |
Facts
Police officers placed a GPS device on a suspect's car. Next, they tracked the car's position for a month all without obtaining a search warrant under the 4th Amendment of the US Constitution.
Procedural History
Three lower courts ruled that using a GPS device for electronic location tracking doesn't constitute a "search." The lower courts stated that there is no expectation of privacy in public movements.
Issues
Is a search warrant required to track a person's location using their car's GPS?
Holding
The police trespassed on the suspect's property rights when they secretly attached a GPS device on the suspect's vehicle.
Rule
A trespass is a search.