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flag The Supreme Court will rule on whether geofence warrants violate the Fourth Amendment.

flag The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether geofence warrants—used by law enforcement to obtain location data from all cellphones in a specific area during a crime—violate the Fourth Amendment. flag The case stems from a 2019 bank robbery in Virginia, where a warrant led to the arrest of Okello Chatrie, who pleaded guilty. flag His defense argued the warrant unlawfully collected data from innocent people without individualized suspicion, while prosecutors said users forfeit privacy by sharing location data with Google. flag A federal judge called the search unconstitutional but allowed the evidence, citing good faith. flag Divided appeals courts have reached conflicting rulings, setting the stage for the Supreme Court’s final decision, expected later this year, which could reshape digital privacy rights.

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