Michigan Supreme Court Grants Review in People v. Carson
Back in March, I had a long post here, Yes, Warrants Allow A Search Through the Whole Phone, criticizing a Michigan Court of Appeals ruling in People v. Carson. My post began:
As regular readers know, one of the big issues in computer search and seizure law that I often write about is how to limit computer warrant searches. If everything needs to be searched to find the evidence, and information outside the scope of the evidence sought can be used in plain view, doesn’t a search of a computer with a warrant result in a general search — the kind that the Fourth Amendment was enacted to prevent. My own answer to this puzzle is that the Fourth Amendment requires use restrictions for digital searches. The whole computer can be s
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