Open AccessSearches of Digital Devices Incident to Arrest: R v Fearon
Author(s) -
Steven Penney
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
constitutional forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-4165
pISSN - 0847-3889
DOI - 10.21991/c92x0w
Subject(s) - appeal , supreme court , law , political science , engineering
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.