Appeals Court Rules Police Acted Lawfully When Getting Convicted Felon to Unlock Phone

Published on April 23, 2024

A federal appeals court has ruled that California police acted within the confines of the law when they forced a suspected drug dealer’s thumb into his phone, unlocking it and providing authorities with a trove of information to help prosecute. According to court documents, in November 2021, Jeremy Travis Payne was stopped by two California Highway Patrol (CHP) officers because his car had tinted windows. Mr. Payne admitted to the officers that he was on parole. Mr. Payne had previously been convicted of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer in 2018 and served three years in prison. As a condition of his parole, he reportedly signed documents agreeing to cooperate with authorities in the event he was asked to allow a search of his property....

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