Photos from License Plate Camera Didn't Violate Fourth Amendment

The Virginia Court of Appeals in Robinson v. Commonwealth rejected a defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from Norfolk's Flock ALPR cameras, holding he had no reasonable expectation of privacy in his vehicle on public streets. The court distinguished Norfolk's 172-camera, 30-day retention system from the continuous tracking scrutinized in Carpenter v. United States, ruling no warrant is needed to query Flock databases.