Police need warrants to search cell phone data: US supreme court

June 25, 2014 20:31

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that police officers usually need a warrant before they can search an arrested suspect's cellphone.The court said on a 9-0 vote in an opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts that the right of police to search an arrested suspect at the scene without a warrant does not extend in most circumstances to data held on a cellphone.

There are some emergency situations in which a warrantless search would be permitted, the court noted.

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