Taylor v. State

Summary

The Court held that the warrant authorizing the search of Taylor’s smartphones was an unconstitutional general warrant because it authorized an unrestricted search of all stored data without meaningful limits on the information or time period to be searched. The Court further held that admission of the smartphone evidence was not harmless beyond a reasonable doubt because the evidence materially supported convictions for the offenses tied to several shootings and an aggravated-menacing incident. The convictions were vacated and the case was remanded for a new trial without the improperly seized evidence.