A Supreme Court case could decide whether your phone can be used to find you first and suspect you later

The Supreme Court is reviewing whether geofence warrants using Google location history violate the Fourth Amendment.

The case stems from a 2019 Richmond-area bank robbery, where police used a reverse-location search after other leads failed and later convicted Okello T. Chatrie.

The justices are weighing how much probable cause and particularity such warrants need, and whether they amount to an unreasonable search.

A ruling could set national limits on police access to cloud-stored location data and reshape digital search-and-seizure law.