Does a search warrant authorize the seizure of a microcassette?
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The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Sprewell, 936 F.2d 581 (9th Cir. 1991):
In United States v. Gomez-Soto, 723 F.2d 649 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 466 U.S. 977 (1984), this court upheld the admission of a microcassette, which was found during a search conducted pursuant to a warrant for drug trafficking documentation. As in this case, the warrant called only for the seizure of tangible documents, not electronically stored documents. Nonetheless, the court upheld the seizure of the microcassette. It explained:
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