U.S. v. Jarrett, No. 02-4953 (4th Cir.) (338 F.3d 339) (July 29, 2003) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz)
Loaded on Sept. 1, 2003
published in Punch and Jurists
September 01, 2003
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Searches - Cellphones/Computers/Internet.
Here the Court reversed a suppression order that had been granted, holding that an anonymous hacker who gained access to the defendant's computer and gave evidence to the FBI was not acting as a government agent.
The defendant in this case was indicted for manufacturing child pornography and …
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