CO granted review: Does IP address at one house permit a search of neighboring houses, too, if the signal reaches there?

Does IP address at one house permit a search of neighboring houses, too, if the signal reaches there? That’s not the question exactly, but close enough. Dhyne v. People, 2023 Colo. LEXIS 779 (Aug. 7, 2023)*:

Whether the court of appeals erred, and the petitioner’s constitutional rights under the U.S. Constitution Fourth Amendment and the Colorado Constitution, article II, section 7 were violated, when the lower appellate court found that a search of his private residence was proper because an internet protocol (IP) address, located at a separate private residence specified in the search warrant, was accessible by the petitioner.

Whether the district court erred, and the petitioner’s constitutional rights under the U.S. Constitution Fourth Amendment and the Colorado Constitution, article II, section 7 were violated, when the lower court found that the inevitable discovery exception applied to the search of the petitioner’s residence.

Decision below: People v. Dhyne, 523 P.3d 1271 (Colo. App. 2022)

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