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Pa. Panel Finds Search Of Phone In Drug Case Improper

By P.J. D'Annunzio ( September 2, 2025, 5:24 PM EDT) -- In a precedential ruling, the Pennsylvania Superior Court held that police officers' viewing, reading, and photographing a suspected drug dealer's cellphone constituted an improper search, rejecting prosecutors' claims that investigators merely observed incriminating text messages pop up on the screen without manipulation....

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