{"id":29861,"date":"2017-10-24T14:57:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=29861"},"modified":"2017-10-24T14:57:06","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:57:06","slug":"ma-nexus-shown-between-murder-and-defs-computer-having-relevant-evidence-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=29861","title":{"rendered":"MA: Nexus shown between murder and def&#8217;s computer having relevant evidence on it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The state showed nexus to defendant\u2019s laptop and the victim\u2019s murder. Defendant had forged documents on a computer before, and it was reasonable to conclude that similar events happened here by defendant\u2019s hand. Defendant was well experienced in using computers because he had a web design business. The particularity requirement is also satisfied. \u201cNor does the absence of search protocols mean the warrant lacked particularity for purposes of the Fourth Amendment and art. 14. This court has specifically declined to require search protocols in the past. McDermott, 448 Mass. at 776 (\u2018Advance approval for the particular methods to be used in the forensic examination of the computers and disks is not necessary\u2019).\u201d And this search warrant was issued eleven years ago. Finally, the warrant was executed reasonably. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/files\/documents\/2017\/10\/23\/10593.pdf\">Commonwealth v. Keown<\/a>, 2017 Mass. LEXIS 769 (Oct. 23, 2017).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The state showed nexus to defendant\u2019s laptop and the victim\u2019s murder. Defendant had forged documents on a computer before, and it was reasonable to conclude that similar events happened here by defendant\u2019s hand. Defendant was well experienced in using computers &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=29861\">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":[12,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computer-searches","category-nexus"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29861"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29861\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29862,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29861\/revisions\/29862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}