United States v. Ronald Seiver

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a central inquiry into staleness in a child pornography investigation requires a \realistic understanding of modern computer technology and the usual behavior of its users\
• noting that a central inquiry into staleness in a child pornography investigation requires “a realistic understanding of modern computer technology and the usual behavior of its users”
• noting that it is common knowledge that even “deleted” computer files are often recoverable
• finding no staleness where suspect downloaded single video and subsequently uploaded still images from video to Internet
• “ ‘Staleness’ is highly relevant to the legality of a search for a perishable or consumable object, like cocaine.... ”
• “‘Staleness’ is highly relevant to the legality of a search for a perishable or consumable object, like cocaine, but rarely relevant when it is a computer file.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).