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78 Ohio St. L.J. Sixth Cir. Rev. 13 (2017)

handle is hein.journals/osljsxcr78 and id is 1 raw text is: OHIO STATE LA WJOURNAL FURTHERMORE SIXTH CIRCUIT REVIEW A Growing Consensus: A Comment on United States v. Carpenter, and the U.S. Supreme Court's Opportunity to Protect Privacy AARON STEVENSON* Commenting on United States. v. Carpenter, 819 F.3d 880 (6th Cir. 2016). TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ..........................................13 II. THE CASE ITSELF-A LOOK AT UNITED STATES V. CARPENTER AND SIMILAR DECISIONS ............................... ........15 A. The Facts of the Case ...................... 15 B. The Court's Decision and the Legal Ground on Which It Stands.............. .................. ..... 17 C. Comparing the Decision to Other CSLI Cases..... .....20 III. EXAMINING THE IMPACT OF THE DECISION MOVING FORWARD ... .22 A. The Decision's Effects on Daily Privacy ..... .........22 B. Unanswered Questions-What the Sixth Circuit Didn't Say ...23 1. Non-Phone Call Generated CSLI.......... ......23 2. More Precise CSLI Cases ........ .............25 3. GPS Third Party Business Records ...............26 4. Mass Amounts ofInformation......................27 C. The Supreme Court's Opportunity to Protect Privacy .....27 IV. CONCLUSION. ...........................................28 I. INTRODUCTION Be aware-if you are a resident of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, or Tennessee, the police can now obtain a record of your physical location without a court-issued warrant.I For cell phone owners in these states-which is nearly * J.D. Candidate 2017, The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law; B.A., The Ohio State University. The Author would like to thank Professor Ric Simmons and the Ohio State Law Journal for their advice and feedback on this Comment. I See United States v. Carpenter, 819 F.3d 880, 886-90 (6th Cir. 2016). Vol. 781 13

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