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The 4th Amendment and ESI

Courts continue to grapple with the specificity of description required by these warrants for electronically stored evidence so as not to undermine the particularity required by the Fourth Amendment.

9 minute read September 01, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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Peter A. Crusco
The 4th Amendment and ESI

Courts have long acknowledged that searches of computers and other mediums storing electronic information (ESI) often involve a degree of intrusiveness much greater in quantity and in kind from searches of other containers.

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