Managers and the Legal Environment 7th Edition by David Madsen, Constance Bagley

Exercise 9

Antoine Jones and several others were the subjects of an FBI-Metropolitan Police Department task force investigation of narcotics violations. As part of the investigation, authorities conducted telephone wiretaps and installed a Global Positioning System (GPS) in Jones's Jeep without a valid warrant. Police used the GPS to track Jones's movements twenty-four hours a day for four weeks. The district court admitted all evidence obtained during the police investigation, and the jury found Jones guilty of conspiracy to distribute and to possess with intent to distribute cocaine.
On appeal, Jones argued that his conviction should be overturned because the police violated his constitutional rights by tracking his movements with the warrantless use of a GPS device. Is GPS tracking a "search" requiring a warrant? Is obtaining GPS data from cell towers? [United States v. Jones, 132 S. Ct. 945 (2012).]