United States v. Gilliam, No. 15-387 (2d Cir. 2016)
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Defendant was convicted of offenses concerning sex trafficking of a minor and was sentenced to 240 months in prison. The principal issue on appeal is whether information from a GPS can be obtained and used without a warrant to locate a suspect. The court concluded that exigent circumstances justified obtaining and using GPS location information without a warrant. In this case, Sprint had a good faith basis for believing that the disclosure of defendant's cell phone location was necessary to protect a missing child from being prostituted and subject to serious
physical injury. The court rejected defendant's remaining claims and affirmed the judgment.
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