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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 ..

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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 ..

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