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Apr 1 16 5:06 PM
The Maryland Special Court of Appeals, the state’s second-highest court, on Wednesday issued a landmark opinion explaining an earlier ruling that police must obtain search warrants before using the controversial cell phone surveillance devices known as Stingrays. “This is the first appellate opinion in the country to fully address the question of whether police must disclose their intent to use a cell site simulator to a judge and obtain a probable cause warrant,” Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology, told The Intercept. Wednesday’s opinion explains in detail why the court upheld a lower court ruling earlier this month, which rebuked the Baltimore Police Department for secretly using a cell site simulator to track down a murder suspect. Officers obtained a pen register, which required a lower standard of probable cause to collect phone data than a warrant, then deployed an advanced version of the Stingray known as a “Hailstorm,” without informing the judge.
The Maryland Special Court of Appeals, the state’s second-highest court, on Wednesday issued a landmark opinion explaining an earlier ruling that police must obtain search warrants before using the controversial cell phone surveillance devices known as Stingrays.
“This is the first appellate opinion in the country to fully address the question of whether police must disclose their intent to use a cell site simulator to a judge and obtain a probable cause warrant,” Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the ACLU’s Project on Speech, Privacy, and Technology, told The Intercept.
Wednesday’s opinion explains in detail why the court upheld a lower court ruling earlier this month, which rebuked the Baltimore Police Department for secretly using a cell site simulator to track down a murder suspect. Officers obtained a pen register, which required a lower standard of probable cause to collect phone data than a warrant, then deployed an advanced version of the Stingray known as a “Hailstorm,” without informing the judge.
Read more @ http://disinfo.com/2016/03/court-stingray-warrant/
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