{"id":58383,"date":"2024-07-17T12:50:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T17:50:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58383"},"modified":"2024-07-17T12:50:52","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T17:50:52","slug":"wa-using-software-to-search-a-cell-phone-doesnt-violate-particularity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58383","title":{"rendered":"WA: Using software to search a cell phone doesn&#8217;t violate particularity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Use of software to search a cell phone did not violate the particularity of the warrant. The Fourth Amendment and the state constitution are intended to prevent a general rummaging, and the use of software facilitates people not looking at things not contraband. \u201cThis did not permit a general rummaging; it was akin to a warrant allowing a search of a residence for controlled substances and indicia of ownership.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.courts.wa.gov\/opinions\/pdf\/394786_pub.pdf\">State v. Ortega<\/a>, 2024 Wash. App. LEXIS 1367 (July 11, 2024).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first time informant here was really a witness to defendant\u2019s possession of child porn on his cell phone because she saw it looking at his phone. Inevitable discovery is also found to apply. State v. O&#8217;Neal, 2024 S.D. 40 (July 10, 2024).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Defendant\u2019s firearm was in plain view in his waistband when he got out of the car. United States v. Walker, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123419 (N.D. Ohio July 12, 2024).*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the totality, defendant consented to the search. United States v. Young, 2024 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 123437 (N.D. Ga. July 12, 2024).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Use of software to search a cell phone did not violate the particularity of the warrant. The Fourth Amendment and the state constitution are intended to prevent a general rummaging, and the use of software facilitates people not looking at &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=58383\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,24,44,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cell-phones","category-consent","category-informant-hearsay","category-particularity"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58384,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58383\/revisions\/58384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}