This post was co-authored by EFF legal intern Virginia KennedyUnder the Fourth Amendment, police can search your home, your computer, and other private spaces without a warrant or even probable cause if you freely and voluntarily consent to the search. But even when someone consents to a search,...
  • Em Adespoton@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m curious: if LE images your devices and then you revoke consent, and then they search anyway and find something incriminating, are they then able to get a warrant after the fact, or does the fruit of the poisoned tree mean they can no longer use data from that device as evidence?

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Not a laywer, but after consent is withdrawn court should rule that everything after that point is inadmissable evidence.

      • this_1_is_mine@lemmy.ml
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        1 year ago

        “Don’t worry we ended up having a parallel investigation that got us the info we needed…”