{"id":313,"date":"2018-02-26T12:01:05","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T17:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.clearwatercriminallawyer.net\/?p=313"},"modified":"2026-01-31T08:50:58","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T13:50:58","slug":"cell-phone-data-led-robbery-conviction-florida-criminal-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneyclearwater.net\/blog\/cell-phone-data-led-robbery-conviction-florida-criminal-case\/","title":{"rendered":"How Cell Phone Data Led to a Robbery Conviction in a Florida Criminal Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Search and seizure issues are often critical elements of Florida theft crime cases. The state\u2019s First District Court of Appeal recently explained<\/a> one way in which cops can use cell phone data and victim descriptions to track down criminal suspects. The court also said the police properly used the same information to establish the reasonable suspicion and probable cause necessary to justify pulling over a car, detaining its occupants, and searching its interior.A defendant was charged with burglary, assault, and armed robbery following an incident in which he and two other people allegedly broke into a home and held the four people inside at gunpoint. The defendant claimed that he went to the house simply to reclaim some marijuana that he\u2019d been shorted during a recent transaction. Prosecutors said the group took turns holding the people inside the home at gunpoint, while the others collected various valuables.<\/p>\n

The police tracked down the defendant and the others by using the \u201cfind my phone\u201d application on one of the iPhones stolen from the house. They put out a \u201cbe on the lookout\u201d alert with the general location of the iPhone and a description of the three people who committed the crime. A cop patrolling the area pulled over Jackson\u2019s car after seeing three people in it who matched the description. The officer removed all three people from the car and handcuffed them while she did a protective sweep of the car. She also checked the trunk, according to a police policy to look for people hiding in the trunk of any car stopped under suspicion of a felony. The officer found marijuana and a hand gun with an altered serial number.<\/p>\n

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