Court: Warrantless Cellphone Tracking Not Illegal Search

So there you have it - authorities do not need to get a search warrant to obtain cellphone tower location records in criminal prosecutions.

The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, overturning a three-judge panel of the same court, concluded that authorities properly got 67 days' worth of records from MetroPCS for Miami robbery suspect Quartavious Davis using a court order with a lower burden of proof. In its 9-2 decision, the 11th Circuit decided Davis had no expectation of privacy regarding historical records establishing his location near certain cellphone towers.

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