United States Eighth Circuit

Denial of a motion to suppress evidence in a prosecution for possessing child pornography and criminal forfeiture is affirmed where: 1) an affidavit supplied in support of a search warrant application was sufficient to establish probable cause that defendant's computer contained child pornography; and 2) even if the affidavit was insufficient, the Leon good-faith exception applied under the circumstances.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/13/2007
• Published 07/13/2007

Judges

• BOWMAN, Circuit Judge., Before RILEY, BOWMAN, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellant was Michael J. Hansen, AFPD, Lincoln, NE. Appearing on the brief were John C. Vanderslice, AFPD, and Jennifer L. Gilg.


• For Appellees:
  
• Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee was Steven A. Russell, AUSA, Lincoln, NE.