Does a search warrant need to be obtained to search a defendant's computer?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Scott v. Sherman, No. 2:16-cv-1957 JAM KJN P (E.D. Cal. 2019):
Further, the cases upon which petitioner relies are distinguishable. In United States v. Carey, 172 F.3d 1268, 1271 (10th Cir. 1999), a detective obtained a warrant that authorized him to search the defendant's computer for "names, telephone numbers, ledger receipts, addresses,
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