The state showed nexus to defendant\u2019s iPhone and the crime by known recent calls between the co-conspirators and the victim and the phone being at the scene of the crime. State v. Young, 2024 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 397 (Sep. 6, 2024)* [Defendant also pled it as a Fourteenth Amendment due process claim, but the court took it as a Fourth Amendment claim]:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Upon our review of the affidavit, it states that officers were aware that Ford was likely more involved in the crimes than she first admitted. Officers examined Ford’s cell phone and found Defendant’s number listed as “Chris” in her contacts. Ford admitted that Chris was Defendant’s nickname. Officers found fifty-two calls between Ford and Defendant’s iPhone in the week before the victim’s death. Seventeen of these calls occurred shortly before the death, including one that took place within minutes of the 911 call. Four additional calls occurred between the phones immediately after the victim died. Ford admitted she was cheating on the victim with Defendant, and messages from her phone indicated that the victim was upset about it. Finally, the location of Defendant’s iPhone, which was in Murfreesboro hours before the crime, was near the location of the crime scene at the time of the victim’s death. We conclude there was sufficient evidence on the face of the affidavit to demonstrate a nexus between the crimes and Defendant’s iPhone, and that probable cause existed that evidence of the crime would be found on the phone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The state showed nexus to defendant\u2019s iPhone and the crime by known recent calls between the co-conspirators and the victim and the phone being at the scene of the crime. State v. Young, 2024 Tenn. Crim. App. LEXIS 397 (Sep. … Continue reading