On June 7, officers placed the GPS device on the car and began monitoring its location. The trespass of installing the GPS device occurred before Wood bought the car. S.B.’s property was trespassed upon, but Jones suggests that the trespass was over after the GPS device was installed. Importantly, Jones distinguished the earlier beeper case of Karo on the ground that the GPS device in Jones was installed after Jones took possession of the car. Wood bought a car “as it came to him, [GPS device] and all,” so I don’t think he can claim that the installation of the GPS device during the ownership of someone else trespassed onto Wood’s property.

Source: Washington Post February 27, 2017 20:37 UTC