‘Fractured’ 4th Circuit Avoids Ruling On Constitutionality Of Geofence Warrants

( May 6, 2025, 9:01 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — In a 126-page ruling encompassing eight concurring opinions and one dissent, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals majority concluded that any errors associated with a detective’s geofence warrant, in which he obtained cell phone location information that led to the arrest of an accused bank robber, were made in good faith and did not merit suppression of the obtained data....