9th Circuit Finds Murder Suspect’s Cell-Site Data Was Acquired In Good Faith

Mealey's (March 7, 2019, 8:23 AM EST) -- SAN DIEGO — Although a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority found that law enforcement personnel lacked probable cause to obtain the cell-site location information (CSLI) for a man who was indicted for a murder, it held in a March 4 ruling that the officer’s good faith reliance on a court-issued warrant overcame the probable cause deficiency (United States v. Antonio Gilton, et al., No. 16-10109, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 6507)....