{"id":3657,"date":"2011-06-15T12:29:10","date_gmt":"2011-06-15T12:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beta.sellcell.com\/blog\/?p=1243"},"modified":"2019-04-12T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T11:08:09","slug":"warrantless-used-cell-phone-search-gets-case-thrown-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/warrantless-used-cell-phone-search-gets-case-thrown-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Warrantless Used Cell Phone Search Gets Case Thrown Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cell-phone.gif\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1244\" title=\"Cell phone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cell-phone.gif\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1244 lazyload\" title=\"Cell phone\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20180%20120%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt width=\"180\" height=\"120\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.sellcell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/Cell-phone.gif\"><\/a>A man who was arrested for vandalism, amongst a multitude of other hate related crimes, has been sent out on the streets as a free man after the judge threw out the case because Woodstock police took evidence from his old cell phone and his computer without obtaining a warrant to do so.&nbsp; Assistant Crown Attorney Stephen Guiler says that because the judge ruled the evidence inadmissible, there was little point in proceeding with the charges against 32 year old Christopher Saggau as \u201cthere was no reasonable prospect of conviction\u201d without it.<br>\nJudge Marietta Roberts has slammed the conduct of the police officers who arrested Saggau as being \u201creckless\u201d and that they \u201cheld an insufficient regard for the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\u201d.&nbsp; \u201cIt supports the fact that evidence received from those breaches should not be admitted,\u201d she insists, saying that the police had no evidence against Guiler before they conducted the search of his old cell phone.<br>\nNot everyone is impressed with the Roberts\u2019 ruling, however, given that one of the crimes the evidence indicated Guiler was guilty of was the vandalism of Woodstock\u2019s Victoria Park cenotaph, which occurred just prior to Remembrance Day.&nbsp; \u201cThis could only happen in Canada, the judge rules and that\u2019s it\u201d, bemoans former Royal Canadian Legion president Charlie Dalgarno.&nbsp; \u201cIt tears at your heart.\u201d<br>\nWoodstock police say the police acted in good faith but will strive to ensure this situation does not happen again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was arrested for vandalism, amongst a multitude of other hate related crimes, 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