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NY GPS case in the press

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

The Albany Times-Union has articles about the GPS case, previously noted here, from the day of the argument and from today: NY court hears arguments on police use of GPS. It sounds like a spirited argument: At the center of discussion was the case of Scott Weaver, whose conviction in a Christmas Eve 2005 break-in was aided by a GPS device that state police secretly attached to his van for 65 days. Defense lawyer Matthew Hug said the GPS device intruded on his client's right to privacy. "The potential for abuse is staggering," Hug said, noting that the satellite technology tracks vehicles onto private property where police can't routinely go. Albany County Assistant District Attorney Christopher Horn told the judges that GPS was essentially just another way of watching a vehicle, which police routinely do without first obtaining a warrant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on March 25, 2009 (boomark / email).