Federal Judge Rules GPS Tracking Of Drug Suspect Did Not Violate 4th Amendment

Mealey's (November 19, 2019, 10:17 AM EST) -- DOTHAN, Ala. — GPS tracking of a borrowed vehicle with the owner’s consent did not violate the driver’s rights under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, an Alabama federal judge ruled Nov. 15, adopting a magistrate’s recommendation to deny an indictee’s motion to suppress the GPS data because he had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his movements on public roads (United States v. Joshua Drake Howard, No. 1:19-cr-00054, M.D. Ala., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 198081)....