Vehicles & Cellphones

Question 1

1 - Does a person unknowingly accepting a package that has a tracker inside constitute a seizure?

2 - How about a search?

Answer 1

1 - No.

2 - Yes.

Question 2

Does monitoring the tracker that was unknowingly given to the person constitute a search that requires a warrant?

Answer 2

No.

Question 3

Does placing a tracking device on a car and monitoring it constitute an unlawful search under the 4th amendment?

Answer 3

Yes.

Question 4

Does monitoring a tracker that was unknowingly given to a person through a package while it is in private areas constitute an unlawful search under the 4th Amendment?

Answer 4

Yes.

Question 5

Does Cell-site location information obtained from wireless carrier require a search warrant?

Answer 5

Yes, because it is the product of a search.

Question 6

Does the 4th amendment prohibit government agents from testifying to what they heard over wire-tap by government informant?

Answer 6

No, it does not.