Question juridique clé
Whether retroactive traffic data collection on the victim’s phone lines required the third-party restrictions of Art. 270 lit. b StPO.
Solution extraite
For retroactive traffic-data retrieval under Art. 273 StPO, Art. 270 lit. b StPO is not applied in the same way as for active content interception; in a homicide case involving a victim’s lines, the measure is permissible when the conditions of Art. 273 StPO are met and concrete investigative relevance is shown.
Motifs extraits
The Court held that Art. 270 lit. b StPO is designed primarily to protect privacy in active content surveillance. Retroactive traffic-data collection is less intrusive and governed specifically by Art. 273 StPO. Requiring that the suspect use or call the victim’s line would wrongly transpose the criteria for active interception to a different measure. The prosecutor showed that the data could clarify motive and circumstances, and the statutory conditions of Art. 273 in conjunction with Art. 269(1)(b)(c) were satisfied.