The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Chatrie v. United States over the constitutionality of geofence warrants, which rely on Google location data to identify people near a crime scene. Justices probed whether cloud-stored location data is protected by the Fourth Amendment or can be obtained under the third-party doctrine, with a decision expected by summer. #GeofenceWarrants #OkelloChatrie
Keypoints
- Case challenges constitutionality of geofence warrants used to obtain Google location data.
- The warrant at issue was used in the 2019 conviction of Okello Chatrie for a bank robbery.
- Justices questioned whether users retain a reasonable expectation of privacy for cloud-stored location data.
- Arguments centered on the third-party doctrine, property interests in cloud data, and limits on bulk searches.
- A ruling expected in June or July could narrow or permit time- and space-limited geofence warrants.
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