From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

United States v. Wurie

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 17, 2014
571 U.S. 1161 (2014)

Summary

upholding defendant's privacy interest and holding that warrantless search of cell phone taken from an arrestee was unconstitutional

Summary of this case from State v. Granville

Opinion

No. 13–212.

2014-01-17

UNITED STATES, petitioner, v. Brima WURIE.


Case below, 728 F.3d 1.

Motion of respondent for leave to proceed in forma pauperis granted. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted.


Summaries of

United States v. Wurie

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 17, 2014
571 U.S. 1161 (2014)

upholding defendant's privacy interest and holding that warrantless search of cell phone taken from an arrestee was unconstitutional

Summary of this case from State v. Granville

upholding defendant's privacy interest and holding that warrantless search of cell phone taken from an arrestee was unconstitutional

Summary of this case from State v. Granville
Case details for

United States v. Wurie

Case Details

Full title:UNITED STATES, petitioner, v. Brima WURIE.

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Jan 17, 2014

Citations

571 U.S. 1161 (2014)
134 S. Ct. 999
187 L. Ed. 2d 848
82 U.S.L.W. 3424

Citing Cases

State v. Granville

and (2) this expectation of privacy is one that society recognizes as reasonable and legitimate.See United…

State v. Granville

Courts have held that (1) a person has a subjective expectation of privacy in the contents of his cell phone,…