Supreme Court to Decide Phone Search Case | Texas News

Texas News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 6, 2026 · 1m

A former San Antonio police officer is pushing the Supreme Court to decide whether police properly obtained evidence from his phone—raising a major constitutional question about digital privacy. Arrested in 2021 on bribery and child sex abuse charges, Rodriguez’s case hinges not on guilt, but on whether the warrant to search his cellphone was valid. A lower court ruled against the police, but the appeals court reversed that decision. Now, Rodriguez’s team seeks the Supreme Court’s intervention, which could reshape how law enforcement accesses personal data on smartphones—and whether that…