KINGSTON, Jamaica – A ruling on the application by Amoi Leon-Issa seeking to quash a judge’s production order granting permission to police to search her phone is to be expected on or before September 29, a panel of three judges said on Friday.

During a constitutional hearing in the Supreme Court, the judges also extended the July 31 date in which Leon-Issa is expected to comply with the production order to September 29.

Leon-Issa is the mother of nine-year-old Gabriel King who was murdered last year after she reported to the police that her car had been hijacked with the child inside.

The mother has repeatedly failed to allow police investigators to search her cell phone after they had indicated a desire to analyse information on the device as part of their investigation into the killing of her autistic son.

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The St James Parish Court had ruled that she must comply with the request for her password and she is not allowed to be present while her phone is being analysed by experts, but her attorney and a technology expert may observe the process.

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The legal wrangling over access to Leon-Issa’s phone began on September 6, 2022 when the court granted the police’s request for her to allow them access within 48 hours. When that deadline was missed, lawmen again took the issue to court and the judge issued a new six-day deadline. That was also missed.

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In March, the Supreme Court granted a stay of the order to search Leon-Issa’s cellphone following an application by her attorney, Chuckwuemeka Cameron. The attorney requested the stay as they await the outcome of the constitutional motion filed on behalf of Leon-Issa challenging the order to search her cellphone.

The attorney argued that the order to search Leon-Issa’s phone is a breach of her right to privacy.