Court: Warrantless cell phone searches legal

Police don't need a warrant to search a cell phone for its number, a federal appeals court has ruled.

The decision (PDF), issued by the U.S. Court of Appeal for the 7th Circuit, stems from an Indiana case in which prosecutors used evidence that police found on cell phones at the arrest scene to convict a suspect on drug charges.

[via Cnet]

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