Criminal
Mar. 31, 2012
Lawyers question how cellphone data can be gathered
A national debate has emerged over how existing laws regulating the government's collection of electronic information should apply to different sorts of cellular phone data, but there's no guidance in the Ninth Circuit.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
The recent MS-13 street gang prosecution in San Francisco relied heavily on cellphone location data, which criminal lawyers say is among the most common and strongest evidence used against their clients in an increasingly connected society. But defense lawyers say a tremendous amount of uncertainty remains about how the information can be gathered legally.
In recent years, a national debate has emerge...
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