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And because I know I'll surround myself with people smarter than me, I bet you can answer this bar question. During a Tennessee traffic stop, the officer arrests the driver for DUI. While handcuffing him, the officer takes the driver's cell phone and starts scrolling through his text messages without [snorts] permission. The officer finds evidence of drug dealing and the defense moves to suppress the text messages. What should the judge rule? A, the text messages are admissible because they were found during a lawful arrest. B, the text are suppressed because the police need a search warrant to search the cell phone. Or C, the text are admissible because the phone was in plain view during the arrest. Comment below on your answer. Be sure to argue like a lawyer. I'll give you a couple of seconds. The answer is obviously B. Being arrested for DUI doesn't give the cop the right to search your cell phone. If he wants to search your cell phone for evidence of the DUI or evidence of another offense, he needs probable cause and he needs a search warrant.
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