United States Ninth Circuit

In a child pornography prosecution, denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence of child pornography found on his personal computer is reversed where a search of defendant's computer exceeded the scope of the warrant and did not meet the Fourth Amendment standard of reasonableness.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/21/2009
• Published 07/21/2009

Judges

• Before WILLIAM C. CANBY, JR. and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges, and RICHARD MILLS,District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Sherrill A. Carvalho, Assistant U.S., Brian William Enos, Esquire, Assistant U.S., Office of the U.S. Attorney, Fresno, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Eric V. Kersten, Assistant Federal Public Defender, Federal Public Defender's Office, Fresno, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.