Does a Defendant Have Standing to Challenge a Warrantless Search of a Co-Defendant\u2019s Cellphone?<\/p>\n
\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court will hear oral arguments in a case on November 2nd addressing who has standing to challenge the illegal search of a phone. \u00a0Does a person sending a text message have standing to challenge the illegal search of a phone.<\/p>\n This issue came up in the case of\u00a0Commonwealth v. Delgado-Rivera. \u00a0<\/em>This case is on appeal from Superior Court allowing a Motion to Suppress on behalf of Mr. Jorge Delgado-Rivera. The issue in this case is whether the trial court erred in ruling that Mr. Delgado-Rivera has standing to challenge a warrantless search of a Co-Defendant\u2019s cellphone on the grounds that Mr. Delgado-Rivera had sent the Co-Defendant text messages. \u00a0Standing means does a person have a right to have the court hear their claim that their 4th Amendment rights were violated. \u00a0Simply put, this means did the person have a expectation of privacy that society deems reasonable. \u00a0This case is very important as more and more information is shared over technology.<\/p>\n