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United States v. Caswell

United States v. Caswell

Case Date: 09/17/2019
Court Type: Federal District
Court: 11th Circuit Court of Appeals (11th Cir.)
Judge: Circuit Judge: Per Curiam
Rule(s): 4th Amendment
Issues:

The Defendant appeals the denial of a motion to suppress evidence of child-pornography discovered through a warrant authorizing the use of network investigative technique (NIT). The Defendant asserted that the NIT-warrant

Resolution:

The court affirmed the denial of the motion to suppress. Citing United States v. Taylor, 935 F.3d 1279 (11th Cir., Aug. 28, 2019), the court noted that the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule applies to the NIT-warrant. The warrant application and accompanying affidavit disclosed the scope of the search, and exclusion is not needed when law enforcement’s actions were not deliberate enough.

Relevant Documents:

Opinion

E-Discovery Issues: Motion to Suppress
E-discovery subjects: Computer, Network Investigative Technique (NIT)

Published: July 20th, 2020

Category: Uncategorized

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