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GPS goes too far.


The New York State Court of Appeals recently ruled that the state police violated a suspect's rights under the state constitution when it placed a GPS tracking device inside the bumper of his van without a warrant. According to The New York Times, the police attached a Q-ball on the suspect's van secretly in the middle of night and tracked his comings and goings for 65 days. "In light of the unsettled state of federal law on the issue, we premise our ruling on our State Constitution alone," wrote Judge Jonathan Lippman, citing similar decisions in Oregon and Washington.

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Title Annotation:STATELINE
Publication:State Legislatures
Article Type:Brief article
Geographic Code:1U2NY
Date:Jul 1, 2009
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