June 29, 2026

Supreme Court Affirms Warrant Requirement for Geofence Warrants in Virginia Robbery Case

The Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that geofence warrants require a warrant under the Fourth Amendment, affirming individual constitutional protections in the digital age.
The case involved Okello Chatrie, connected to a bank robbery through location data from Google, which was obtained with a judicially-approved warrant.
The court did not determine the legitimacy of the warrant used in Chatrie's case, sending it back to a lower court for further review.