Victory: Utah Supreme Court Upholds Right to Refuse to Tell Cops Your Passcode

"In State v. Valdez, the court found that verbally telling police a passcode is “testimonial” under the Fifth Amendment, and that the so-called foregone conclusion exception does not apply to “ordinary testimony” like this. This closely tracks arguments in the amicus brief EFF and the ACLU filed in the case.""

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/12/victory-utah-supreme-court-upholds-right-refuse-tell-cops-your-passcode

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This was already established case law. Surprised it had to be retried.

unfortunately, i am not.

Unfortunately, I’m still in the “shocked every time how far we’ve fallen” stage. 🫠

How is this even a question?

indeed