Massachusetts SJC says Police can search cellphone call lists [telecom]

Mass. high court: Police don't need warrant to view cellphone call list after arrest

12/05/2012 By John R. Ellement, Globe Staff

The state's highest court ruled today that police in Massachusetts do not necessarily need a search warrant to look at the call list of a person's cellphone when searching personal property following an arrest.

But in two rulings involving the arrest of suspected drug dealers by Boston police, a unanimous Supreme Judicial Court said it would decide at another time whether people had constitutional rights to privacy for other cellphone contents, such as texts and e-mails.

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Searching Cell Phones Incident to Arrest