
“There were other messages on the phone ‘with profane language and references to punching Marco—three times—the hardest of which was in the stomach,’ according to court records. Patino was arrested and charged with murder. But just how private cellular communications are depends very much on each court and police department, it seems. A ruling in the state of Washington in July found in favor of police officers who seized an iPhone from a suspected drug dealer and sent text messages on the device in order to locate and arrest one of his customers.”
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