United States v. Butler
United States District Court for the District of Maine
151 F. Supp. 2d 82 (2001)
- Written by Jennifer Flinn, JD
Facts
Frederick Butler (defendant) was a student at the University of Maine. Butler used university computers in the computer lab on campus to view child pornography. The pornography was discovered when a university employee noticed a pornographic image on Butler’s computer screen and notified law enforcement. No computer policy gave students, including Butler, any reason to believe that content viewed on university computers would be private. Butler was charged with four counts of knowingly and illegally receiving child pornography over the internet. Butler filed a motion to suppress the evidence found on the hard drives of the computers Butler used, arguing that the searches of the computers violated the Fourth Amendment.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Hornby, J.)
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