CASE PREVIEW · Michigan Court of Appeals
People v Perales
Particularity of cell-phone search warrant authorizing search of entire phone contents
Decided
The citation
People v Perales, unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued October 9, 2026 (Docket No. 378903), pp 5-6
From the case summary
Perales was charged with assault with intent to murder and domestic violence after the complainant was found severely beaten; a witness-interference case was later consolidated. Police seized his phone at arrest and searched it under a 2024 warrant, but the extracted data was later lost.…
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