United States v. Hill
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
459 F.3d 966 (2006)
- Written by Alex Ruskell, JD
Facts
A computer-repair technician discovered child pornography on Justin Hill’s (defendant) computer. Based on the technician’s tip, the police received a search warrant for Hill’s home that allowed them to seize Hill’s computer and computer storage media so the police could search it in a police laboratory. Although they did not find Hill’s computer, the police did seize computer storage media. The subsequent laboratory search of the storage media revealed child pornography. Hill pleaded conditionally guilty to possession of child pornography and appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Hill argued that the evidence should have been suppressed because the search warrant was overbroad. In Hill’s view, the police should have been required to carry out the computer search onsite to ensure that they would only seize evidence of child pornography and not all of his computer files.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Fisher, J.)
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