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Colorado justices narrowly uphold IP-based search warrant, decline to adopt broader rule
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The Colorado Supreme Court upheld as constitutional on Monday a warrant that permitted Clear Creek County sheriff’s personnel to search a man’s laptop for child pornography, even though he lived in a unit separate from the target residence and law enforcement was focusing on a different suspect the day of the visit. Previously, four lower…
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Judges uphold police search stemming from IP address, but disagree on legal justification
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Law enforcement in Clear Creek County was in the process of executing a search warrant at a Silver Plume home, looking for devices containing child pornography, when they encountered Kevin M. Dhyne, a tenant in the house’s basement. Dhyne volunteered to a detective that he used his landlord’s Internet – an admission that would culminate in…


