Congressional Digest

Supreme Court Debates January 2012 No. 1 Vol. 15
United States of America, Petitioner Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. U.S. Solicitor General

Warrantless GPS Tracking

Applying the Fourth Amendment to New Technology

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United States of America, Petitioner Donald B. Verrilli, Jr. U.S. Solicitor General

In 2004, a joint task force between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Washington, D.C., Metro Police Department began an investigation of reported drug trafficking taking place at Levels nightclub in the District of Columbia. In September 2005, law enforcement placed a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device on the car of nightclub owner Antoine Jones, and based in part on evidence gathered by tracking Jones’s movements, was able to arrest him, along with several coconspirators. In November 2008, after his first trial resulted in a hung jury, Jones was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute…

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