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Fourth Amendment news--Military Justice, computers, and the REP

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

From CAAFlog is reference to an oral argument tomorrow in the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces on computers and the reasonable expectation of privacy in the Army: On Tuesday, following Blazier will be argument in United States v. Huntzinger, No. 09-0589/AR, where the four granted issues are: I. Whether the military judge erred in concluding that no soldier at forward operating base (FOB) loyalty had a reasonable expectation of privacy in any regard. II. Whether the military judge erred in denying a motion to suppress appellant’s external hard drive and password protected laptop when the commander who ordered the seizure of the equipment immediately searched the equipment upon seizure, demonstrating that he was performing law enforcement functions and was not neutral and detached when seizing the items...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on January 25, 2010 (boomark / email).