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42 Ga. L. Rev. 1165 (2007-2008)
Bringing an End to Warrantless Cell Phone Searches

handle is hein.journals/geolr42 and id is 1183 raw text is: BRINGING AN END TO WARRANTLESS CELL PHONE SEARCHES TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ................................. 1167 II. BACKGROUND .................................. 1170 A. CELL PHONES ................................. 1170 1. H istory ................................... 1170 2. Recent Developments ........................ 1171 3. Cell Phones and Crime ...................... 1173 B. WARRANTLESS SEARCHES ........................ 1175 1. Expectation of Privacy ....................... 1176 2. Exceptions to the Warrant Requirement ......... 1176 3. The Search-Incident-to-Arrest Exception ........ 1178 4. How the Search-Incident-to-Arrest Exception Applies to Analogous Objects ......... a. Closed Containers ................ b. Pagers ......................... c. Computers ...................... C. WARRANTLESS CELL PHONE SEARCHES ..... 1. Expectation of Privacy ............... 2. Search-Seizure Distinction and Other Exceptions ........................ 3. Searches Beyond the Exceptions ....... 4. Cell Phone Searches Incident to Arrest .. ........ 1179 ........ 1179 ........ 1182 ........ 1184 ........ 1185 ........ 1185 ........ 1187 ........ 1188 ........ 1189 III. ANALYSIS ...................................... A. BAD REASONING AND POOR ANALOGIZING ........... B. ANALOGIZING AND DISTINGUISHING THE RELATED OBJECTS TO CELL PHONES ....................... 1. Cell Phones Are Not Closed Containers ......... 2. Cell Phones Are Not Pagers ................... 3. Cell Phones Should Not Be Immediately Associated with the Person ................. 4. Cell Phones Are Most Comparable to Computers .. 1165 1194 1194 1195 1195 1198 1199 1200

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