A federal appeals court considered the challenge by two convicted bank robbers to the warrantless placement of a GPS tracking device on one of their cars.
On January 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit held oral arguments in a combined appeal brought by Craig Sparks and Benjamin Michaud. They claim Fourth Amendment violations based on a Supreme Court decision issued after their convictions holding that a government’s placement of a GPS device on a car is a Fourth Amendment search.
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