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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mark Sherman

Supreme Court seems inclined to allow police to use geofence warrants to identify criminal suspects

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The Supreme Court on Monday seemed inclined to rule that police could use geofence warrants that collect the location history of cellphone users to find people near crime scenes.

The justices heard nearly two hours of arguments in an appeal from Okello Chatrie, who pleaded guilty to robbing a bank in a suburb of Richmond, Virginia.

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