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New Jersey's top court: Defendant must share phone passcodes

| August 12, 2020 9:30 AM

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Supreme Court of New Jersey ruled a defendant must turn over the passcodes for his two phones in response to a search warrant, opening the way for law enforcement to compel other defendants in the state to do the same.

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