In a recent ruling, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals declared that “a cell phone is not like a pair of pants” and determined that the U.S. Constitution protects a jail inmate from police “rummaging through” his cellphone without a warrant.
The 8-1 court ruled in State v. Granville that people retain an expectation of privacy regarding the contents of their cellphones, even when the phones are stored in a jail property room.
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