WASHINGTON – The U.S. Justice Department is urging the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a conflict among federal appellate courts over whether law enforcement officers must obtain a warrant before using GPS technology to covertly follow a person.
Last year, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit vacated the life sentence of Antoine Jones, a Washington-area man, saying the government violated his privacy rights in clandestinely tracking his movement for a month in a drug trafficking investigation.
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