Legal Opinion
Ford, Jon Thomas
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided December 16, 2015No. PD-1396-14PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNewell, J.
KELLER, P.J., MEYERS, JOHNSON, KEASLER, HERVEY, ALCALA and RICHARDSON, JJ., joined.
Did the State’s warrantless acquisition of four days worth of historical cell-site-location information—recorded by Jon Thomas Ford’s cell-phone service provider'—violate the Fourth Amendment? No. We agree with the San Antonio Court of Appeals that, because a third-party, AT & T, gathered and maintained the information as business records of the service provided to Ford’s phone, Ford did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy in the data.- The State did not violate Ford’s Fourth Amendment rights when it…
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