A search warrant for defendant\u2019s DNA has shown probable cause and nexus. United States v. Abari, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114120 (D. Minn. November 19, 2009).*<\/p>\n
“‘A warrant affidavit [need not contain] an averment of previous reliability, the appropriate inquiry always being whether the informant’s present information is truthful and reliable.’ United States v. Scalia, 993 F.2d 984, 987 (1st Cir. 1993) (citing United States v. Cochrane, 896 F.2d 635, 641 (1st Cir. 1990)). Information provided by a confidential informant is sufficiently reliable to support probable cause if independently corroborated. See United States v. Fulgham, 143 F.3d 399, 401 (8th Cir. 1998).” This was. United States v. Giessinger, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 114218 (D. Neb. November 16, 2009).*<\/p>\n
An Internet child pornography investigation in Switzerland led to information being sent to ICE in the U.S. with a screen name which ICE was able to link to the defendant by a P.O. box. This was probable cause for a search warrant for defendant\u2019s computer in Minnesota. United States v. Carruthers, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 113741 (D. Minn. December 7, 2009).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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