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cthulu2016

(10,960 posts)
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 02:58 PM Aug 2013

Can the police attach a GPS tracker to your car without a Warrant?

Yes.

Our awesome judicial branch settled this a while back.

The following two paragraphs refer to BREAKING BAD and may have spoilers for folks who haven't seen the latest episode...

So anyone wondering whether Hank putting a tracker on Walt's car could lead to admissible evidence... yes, it could.

Hank's looking at Walt's copy of Leaves of Grass might also be okay, since Hank was allowed to use the bathroom, and our modern courts would probably find looking inside the book to be 'plain sight' enough... particularly since Hank wasn't in the bathroom in an official capacity. But Hank's warrantless seizure of the book was a problem. He should have taken a cell-phone picture of the inscription to compare the handwriting with and then gotten a warrant for the book itself.

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Can the police attach a GPS tracker to your car without a Warrant? (Original Post) cthulu2016 Aug 2013 OP
This is BS and should be overturned. n/t PowerToThePeople Aug 2013 #1
I've had my issues with some aspects of the storyline Duer 157099 Aug 2013 #2
Hey, when you're going to "the reading room," you sometimes want something to read! MADem Aug 2013 #3
For those like me that don't have cable Politicalboi Aug 2013 #4

Duer 157099

(17,742 posts)
2. I've had my issues with some aspects of the storyline
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 03:07 PM
Aug 2013

but Walt putting that book in his bathroom is one of the biggest. Yeah, I know the whole "he subconsciously wants to get caught" excuse, but the writers could have been more adept. It just seemed too clunky to me for such a well scripted show.

MADem

(135,425 posts)
3. Hey, when you're going to "the reading room," you sometimes want something to read!
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 03:15 PM
Aug 2013

There's all sorts of reading material in my cloisters! I didn't find that surprising at all.

 

Politicalboi

(15,189 posts)
4. For those like me that don't have cable
Mon Aug 12, 2013, 03:18 PM
Aug 2013
http://tvpc.com/Channel.php?ChannelID=22778

I watched Breaking Bad last night here online. Sometimes these channels are down, some have rude commercials that keep going off every minute. The link above had none of that. Weird start times, but worth it. I also watch MSNBC here too.

http://tvpc.com/ChannelList.php

I think Breaking Bad a Sunday rerun this week.
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