Armed Forces Panel Affirms Suppression Of Evidence From IPhone

(September 13, 2017, 11:47 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Because the search of a serviceman’s smartphone occurred without counsel present and as part of an interrogation, a military appellate panel majority on Aug. 30 ruled that the search violated his Fifth Amendment rights, despite his voluntary unlocking of the device, meriting suppression of the evidence obtained (United States v. Edward J. Mitchell, No. 17-0153, Armed Forces App., 2017 CAAF LEXIS 856)....