Column: DeWitt County embezzlement case raises legal issue with national import – Champaign News-Gazette

Jim Dey: "The question raised is whether prosecutors have the authority to compel criminal suspects to provide the code to unlock their cellphones...The case of People vs. Sneed attracted considerable out-of-state attention because of its precedent-setting potential. Fifteen states — including Florida, Indiana, Minnesota and New Jersey — submitted friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the state’s position."