Comments on: Cellphones and the 4th Amendment: REP http://apublicdefender.com/2012/08/16/cellphones-and-the-4th-amendment-rep/ Thu, 23 May 2013 15:07:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Larry K http://apublicdefender.com/2012/08/16/cellphones-and-the-4th-amendment-rep/comment-page-1/#comment-280619 Larry K Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:59:06 +0000 http://apublicdefender.com/?p=3969#comment-280619 The Court of Appeal for Ontario has ruled that if a cellphone is not password-protected, police making an arrest can search it without a warrant.

On Wednesday, Justice Robert Armstrong, supported by two other judges, dismissed an appeal of an armed robbery conviction by Kevin Fearon, who agued his rights against unreasonable search had been breached.

See R. v. Fearon, 2013 ONCA 106 (CanLII) http://canlii.ca/en/on/onca/doc/2013/2013onca106/2013onca106.html

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