{"id":33639,"date":"2018-06-29T07:15:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T12:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=33639"},"modified":"2018-06-29T07:15:39","modified_gmt":"2018-06-29T12:15:39","slug":"ga-defs-cell-phone-was-seized-and-downloaded-wo-a-warrant-but-the-download-wasnt-searched-until-a-sw-was-obtained-search-valid-under-independent-source","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/?p=33639","title":{"rendered":"GA: Def’s cell phone was seized and downloaded w\/o a warrant, but the download wasn’t searched until a SW was obtained; search valid under independent source"},"content":{"rendered":"

Defendant\u2019s cell phone was seized and downloaded, but the download wasn\u2019t searched without a search warrant. The court doesn\u2019t even have to decide whether exigent circumstances permitted the download because the police had seized it lawfully and they have plenty of probable cause to search it. Thus, the search warrant was an independent source. Stephens v. State<\/a>, 2018 Ga. App. LEXIS 421 (June 27, 2018).<\/p>\n

Defendant alleged nothing in his 2255 that defense counsel was ineffective for not challenging NCMEC\u2019s role in the search of his computer. By all accounts, the sources of information leading to the search warrant were reliable citizen informants. Defendant also knew from his plea colloquy that he could challenge the search and didn\u2019t do it before the plea. Millette v. United States, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 106285 (D. Me. June 26, 2018).*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Defendant\u2019s cell phone was seized and downloaded, but the download wasn\u2019t searched without a search warrant. The court doesn\u2019t even have to decide whether exigent circumstances permitted the download because the police had seized it lawfully and they have plenty … Continue reading →<\/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":[5,60],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cell-phones","category-independent-source"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33639","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=33639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33640,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33639\/revisions\/33640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=33639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=33639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fourthamendment.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=33639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}