After Customer Consents, Amazon Submits Echo Data In Arkansas Murder Case

Mealey's (March 7, 2017, 3:19 PM EST) -- BENTONVILLE, Ark. — In an Arkansas judge’s March 6 order, it was disclosed that Amazon.com Inc. submitted to law enforcement the recordings from an Amazon Echo device belonging to a murder defendant in compliance with a police warrant that Amazon previously sought to quash under privacy and free speech concerns (State of Arkansas v. James A. Bates, No. CR-2016-370-2, Ark. Cir., Benton Co.)....