Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police
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Utah's state Supreme Court has upheld a court of appeals ruling, finding in the State v. Valdez that the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination allows criminal suspects...

Utah Supreme Court says suspects can refuse to hand over phone passwords to the police | Other state Supreme Courts disagree and the case would wind up before the US Supreme Court::undefined

  • sloppy_diffuser@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    11 months ago

    Yeah, I thought the magic words were “I don’t recall”. Seems to work in all those high profile cases, or maybe its just being wealthy.

    • Crashumbc@lemmy.worldEnglish
      42·
      11 months ago

      It’s just being wealthy.

      Don’t think for a second an average person wouldn’t sit in jail for years until they have up the password.