Legal Opinion

State v. Grady

Supreme Court of North Carolina

Decided August 16, 2019No. 179A14-3PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EARLS, Justice.

*546**510The Fourth Amendment protects "[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures" by the government. U.S. Const. amend. IV. The United States Supreme Court has determined that North Carolina's satellite-based monitoring (SBM) of sex offenders, which involves attaching an ankle monitor "to a person's body, without consent, for the purpose of tracking that individual's movements," constitutes a search within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment. Grady v. North Carolina , --- U.S. ----, 135 S. Ct.…

2Cases cited102 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  3. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  4. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Bell v. WolfishSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by43 opinions

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  5. Oates v. BergerCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 2025

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