Last week, the Big Court agreed to hear this term a GEOFENCE WARRANT case from  the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. Geofence warrants are used to identify possible suspect  cellphones that were within a certain geographical area during the time of the crime.  

Okello Chatrie was convicted of robbing a Richmond, Virginia credit union of  $195,000.00. Some of the evidence used against Chatrie was obtained from a series of geofence  warrants to Google.  

The Fourth Amendment arguments surrounding geofence warrants have been bubbling  for a few years now, and the government has been generally successful so far in the lower courts.  Here is another example of the law trying to catch up to today’s technology. 

The Court should have a decision by summer. 

Colin