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E.D.Mo.: IP address alone provides PC for search of computers on the premises

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Defendant’s argument that the IP address alone could not provide probable cause to believe that he downloaded child pornography from another website was rejected. He argued that there could have been other computers there, another could have done it through his wireless network, and somebody could have used a proxy server to fake the IP address. United States v. Massey, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128662 (E.D. Mo. September 15, 2009).* Whether the county attorney violated state law in issuing a subpoena for utility records was not pertinent in federal court. United States v. Mc Intyre, 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 128639 (D. Neb. December 11, 2009).* Defendant’s arrest for bank robbery justified a search incident of the getaway car. United States v...continue to full post

Full post as published by Fourth Amendment on July 19, 2010 (boomark / email).