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Prosecutors Defend Search of Gizmodo Writer?s Home after New iPhone Report

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California-area prosecuting attorneys are defending the forced entry to the home of an online writer, as well as the seizure of his computers, as part of a criminal investigation surrounding a lost prototype for a new iPhone. San Mateo County Chief Deputy District Attorney Stephen Wagstaffe said on April 27 that consideration had been made on whether reporter-shield laws should prevent the search and seizure of Gizmodo editor Jason Chen?s property. But after reviewing the laws that protect journalists from having to turn over notes to law enforcement and other legal reaching into their work, they went through with the seizure, according to CNN. Chen came into possession of what was discovered to be a new iPhone after it was found in a bar in Redwood City, Calif...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Criminal Defense Blog on May 05, 2010 (boomark / email).