The court discusses but then punts on the issue of the private search of digital storage devices and rules evidence admissible under the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule.
The Fourth Circuit affirmed the defendant’s conviction for receipt, possession, and transportation of child pornography. The court affirmed the district court’s denial of defendant’s motion to suppress evidence found during the search of defendant’s computer where, even if the search was not proper under the private search exception, the denial of the motion to dismiss should be affirmed under the good-faith exception to the exclusionary rule.
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