The seemingly daily advances in technology have had a tremendous impact on every facet of society, and the practice of law is no exception. The proliferation of smart phones has had a particularly profound effect on the way we work, play, gather and retain information. Most, if not all of us, have considerable private information saved in our smart phones, including photographs, emails, text messages, passwords, financial information and business and personal contacts. However, recent case law has put this perceived privacy to the test.
On June 15, the Florida Fifth District Court of Appeal issued its opinion in the matter of State v. Glasco , No. 5D11-851. The issue was whether the trial court erred in suppressing certain text messages discovered on Ricardo Glasco’s cell phone by the arresting officers.
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