Abstract
As technology has developed, Americans have come to carry their most private information around with them in their pockets in digital form on their cell phones. A cell phone has immense storage capacity and can contain a wide variety of communicative information about its owner. In the past, there had been a disagreement among the lower courts as to whether police officers could search the contents of an arrestee's cell phone when making an arrest. The United States Supreme Court settled this disagreement in Riley v. California; in that case, the Court held that the warrantless search of a cell phone incident to arrest violated the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This thesis discusses case law that preceded the United States Supreme Court case Riley v. California, that decision, and possible ramifications of that decision.
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Thesis Completion
2014
Semester
Fall
Advisor
Bast, Carol M.
Degree
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
College
College of Health and Public Affairs
Department
Legal Studies
Degree Program
Legal Studies
Subjects
Dissertations, Academic -- Health and Public Affairs; Health and Public Affairs -- Dissertations, Academic
Format
Identifier
CFH0004698
Language
English
Access Status
Open Access
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Document Type
Honors in the Major Thesis
Recommended Citation
Brown, Kylie, "The Constitutionality of Warrantless Cell Phone Searches: Incident to Arrest" (2014). HIM 1990-2015. 1657.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/honorstheses1990-2015/1657