Michigan Supreme Court: Unrestricted phone searches violate Fourth Amendment
The Michigan Supreme Court has drawn a firm line around digital privacy, ruling that police cannot use overly broad warrants to comb through every corner of a person’s phone. In People v. Carson, the court found that warrants for digital devices must include specific limitations, allowing access only to information directly tied to the suspected crime. We obtained a copy of the opinion for you here (the opinion starts on page 5). Michael Carson became the focus of a theft investigation involv