Is there any case law in which a search warrant was issued for the seizure of a diagram showing a "strange" and "potentially suspect" material?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Miley, 158 Cal.App.3d 25, 204 Cal.Rptr. 347 (Cal. App. 1984):
"The necessary nexus ... is patently obvious. Although the exact nature of the [diagram] may not have been ascertainable to the searching officers, it was definitely suspect and its seizure was reasonably necessary in order [158 Cal.App.3d 36] to establish its evidentiary value." (People v. Ramos (1982) 30 Cal.3d 553, 573, 180 Cal.Rptr. 266, 639 P.2d 908 (reversed on other grounds in California v. Ramos (1983) 463 U.S. 992, 103 S.Ct. 3446, 77 L.Ed.2d 1171; see also Cooper v. Superior Court (1981) 118 Cal.App.3d 499, 173 Cal.Rptr. 520.)
The diagram was validly seized and properly admitted into evidence.
IV. THERE WAS NO ERROR IN ALLOWING THE JURY TO UTILIZE THE TRANSCRIPTS OF THE TAPE-RECORDINGS
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