COMMONWEALTH v. FULTON

No. 3 EAP 2017.

179 A.3d 475 (2018)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. I. Dean FULTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: February 21, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Jonathan Goode, Esq. , Jonathan Michael Levy, Esq. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Appellee.

Cheryl J. Sturm, Esq. , for Appellant.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this discretionary appeal, we consider the permissible scope of a warrantless search of a cell phone by police and the confines of the harmless error doctrine. Specifically, we must determine whether powering on a cell phone to gather evidence, without a warrant, violates the Fourth Amendment...

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