Defendant took his computer to a CompUSA store for service. The technician found child pornography consisting of images of naked children and adult men, and called the police. Defendant challenges his 96-month sentence on the basis the police had no right to search his computer without a warrant. The Ninth Circuit affirmed his conviction, holding the search was lawful because the police officers who conducted it did not exceed the scope of the permissible search already conducted by a private party. (United States of America v. Tosti (Ninth Cir.; October 1, 2013) (Case No. 12-10067).
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