Searches of Digital Devices Incident to Arrest: R v Fearon

Authors

  • Steven Penney

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21991/C92X0W

Abstract

On May 23, 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the appeal in R v Fearon. Fearon raises the questions of whether, and under what circumstances, police may conduct warrantless searches of digital devices seized under their common law power to search incident to arrest.

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Vol. 23 No. 2 (2014)

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