article_snippet.sent: Yet The case, like a handful of others in Baltimore city, has raised questions among defense attorneys and even a circuit court judge over the use of the cellphone-tracking equipment.
article_snippet.sent: This is a very expensive and very invasive technology developed for military use, now used on the streets of America,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which has fought for the release of these types of records. '
article_snippet.sent: The public has a right to know how taxpayer dollars are being spent, and if our constitutional rights are being respected,' Nathan Freed Wessler, a staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, which has fought for the release of these types of records said.
article_snippet.sent: Some judges have pushed back against state and local government agencies in criminal trials and freedom-of-information requests involving the surveillance devices.
article_snippet.sent: In Baltimore, Circuit Judge Barry Williams presided over an earlier trial in which the police apparently used a surveillance device to collect evidence on a robbery suspect.
article_snippet.sent: At a November 2014 hearing, Circuit Judge Barry Williams lost Circuit Judge Barry Williams patience with a state prosecutor after a police technician wouldn't answer a defense attorney's questions about the device - citing the same FBI nondisclosure agreement. '