Judge Overturns Search Warrant in Student Activist Case: Devices Ordered Returned
A Humboldt County judge issued a split ruling this week - upholding an arrest, but rejecting a search. The judge ruled that police went too far when they seized a Cal Poly Humboldt student activist’s phone, computer, and other devices — finding the warrant behind the search did not justify the seizure, and warning that treating mere possession of a device as grounds for seizure would render the Fourth Amendment toothless.
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