
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, December 8, 1994                   TAG: 9412290138
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-20   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

COURT DEBATES COMPUTER GOOFS

Can evidence seized after a police arrest based on faulty computer records be used at trial? The Supreme Court on Wednesday confronted what Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg called "a major problem - computers that have misinformation."

Computer-age police work and its impact on privacy was the topic of a spirited courtroom debate among Supreme Court justices Wednesday as they studied an Arizona arrest case.

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