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Does refusing to unlock your devices trigger a reasonable suspicion? (In Cotterman, it sounds like the Ninth Circuit said reasonable suspicion was required, bu
by geofft 8y ago
Does refusing to unlock your devices trigger a reasonable suspicion?
(In Cotterman, it sounds like the Ninth Circuit said reasonable suspicion was required, but also decided on its own - despite it not being argued by the government - that an alert from a CBP database about Cotterman's previous conviction justified a search. Which seems reasonable to me, as a layperson, I thin.)
- maximilianroos 8y agoOfficers need articulable facts for reasonable suspicion. Not consenting to a search is explicitly not grounds for reasonable suspicion here or in any other context
- renholder 8y ago>Cotterman's previous conviction justified a search ...and there you have it: He's done something wrong in the past, so - of course - he must be doing something bad now - forever and always!