Forced Decrypt: US Judge Jails Defendant Six Months for Contempt re Phone Unlock

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https://gizmodo.com/florida-man-jailed-for-failing-to-unlock-his-phone-1827600878
http://www.fox13news.com/news/local-news/judge-jails-man-for-failing-to-unlock-phones
https://old.reddit.com/r/PoliticalDiscussion/comments/8yz2za/a_man_got_6months_in_jail_for_not_unlocking_his/
https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8y8yd1/man_faces_6_months_in_florida_jail_for_not/
https://old.reddit.com/r/news/comments/8yx73q/judge_jails_defendant_for_failing_to_unlock_phones/
https://old.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/8ypu6s/guy_gets_tossed_in_jail_for_contempt_charges/
https://old.reddit.com/r/law/comments/8z9zjr/judge_jails_man_for_180_days_for_refusing_to/
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/18/07/15/2012230/judge-jails-defendent-for-failing-to-unlock-phones
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17547562
https://old.reddit.com/r/privacy/comments/8z63lz/us_courts_can_force_you_to_decrypt_or_provide/
http://www.scotusblog.com/case-files/cases/rodriguez-v-united-states/

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4597748/Emergency-Writ.pdf
https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4597747/Search-Warrant-and-Affidavit.pdf

In a Tampa courtroom, Judge Gregory Holder held William Montanez
in contempt of court for failure to unlock a mobile device. What
led to this was a frightening slippery slope that threatens our
Fourth Amendment rights to the core. Montanez was stopped for failing
to yield properly. After being pulled over, the officer asked to
search his car; Montanez refused, so the officer held him until a
drug dog was brought in to give the officer enough probable cause
to search the vehicle. They found a misdemeanor amount of marijuana,
which they used to arrest Montenez, but they asked to search his
two cellphones, which he also refused. They were able to secure a
warrant for those as well, but Montenez claimed he had forgotten
his password. The result: Montanez is being held in contempt of
court and is serving a six-month jail sentence.

"I don't know the code, sir," he stated.
So the judge found him in civil contempt and threw him in jail.


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