257 N.C. App. 884 - State v. Terrell’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Detective Bailey sought to replicate Ms. Jones's private search but since she did not understand the organization of the drive, he could not go directly to the particular image he was seeking. ... Detective Bailey limited his search to a reasonable effort to find exactly what Ms. Bailey reported .... [T]he majority's analysis wrongly requires perfection from a private searcher who reports finding contraband and a law enforcement officer who seeks to confirm existence of contraband as reported by a private searcher.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Terrell

2. “folder. Regarding the granddaughter's image, the jury convicted defendant of one count of possessing a photographic image from peeping and one count of second-degree sexual exploitation of a minor. The jury also convicted defendant of twelve counts of third-degree sexual exploitation of a minor based on the twelve other images. Defendant appealed. In a divided opinion, the Court of Appeals first determined that the private-search doctrine did not apply to Detective Bailey's search because the thumb drive was not a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Terrell

3. “The task of the issuing magistrate is simply to make a practical, common sense decision whether, given all the circumstances set forth in the affidavit before him, including the 'veracity' and 'basis of knowledge' of persons supplying hearsay information, there is a fair probability that contraband or evidence of a crime will be found in a particular place.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. State v. Terrell