October 17, 2014

The Florida Supreme Court just addressed an issue with national implications. This week’s decision in Tracey v. Florida, addresses the issue of: “[W]hether accessing real time cell site location information by the government in order to track a person using his cell phone is a Fourth Amendment search for which a warrant based on probable cause is required…” In particular, regardless of a person’s location on a public road, can the government use of cell site (location) information emanating from