Matthew Hug Wins Landmark Constitutional Case

March 24, 2009: Matthew C. Hug, argued the case of People v. Scott Weaver, before the New York State Court of Appeals (NY’s highest court).

The issue: whether the government must get a warrant before tracking New Yorker’s with a GPS tracking device secretely affixed to their motor vehicle. Given the import of this decision on the lives of all New Yorker’s the Court of Appeals has posted the video of oral argument on their webpage.

The case was also widely reported in New York and as far away as the Seattle Post Intelligencer. A decision is expected soon.