[IP] Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS
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Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:42:03 -0800 (PST)
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Subject: Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS
Dave:
For IP if you wish...
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/storyprint.asp?StoryID=322152
Ruling gives cops leeway with GPS
Decision allows use of vehicle tracking device without a warrant
By BRENDAN LYONS, Staff writer
First published: Tuesday, January 11, 2005
In a decision that could dramatically affect criminal investigations
nationwide, a federal judge has ruled police didn't need a warrant when
they attached a satellite tracking device to the underbelly of a car
being driven by a suspected Hells Angels operative.
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