In prosecution for violation of federal child pornography laws, warrant authorizing seizure of defendant's computer system was not invalid, since probable cause existed. In the original action, several counts against defendant were dismissed when evidence of electronic storage and transmission of data allegedly downloaded from a bulletin board in Denmark was ruled inadmissible.
9th Circuit Opinon at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=9th&navby=case&no=9530370
Keywords: evidence, search and seizure
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