U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Aug. 12, 2010
Electronic Evidence Rules Now Hobbling Prosecutors
Overreaching by federal agents eager to nail steroid-using baseball players provoked new judge-written electronic evidence rules that now are hobbling prosecutors, an American Bar Association panel here heard last week.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SAN FRANCISCO Overreaching by federal agents eager to nail steroid-using baseball players provoked new judge-written electronic evidence rules that now are hobbling prosecutors, an American Bar Association panel here heard last week.
A key problem is that the government can no longer use the so-called plain view doctrine to look at computer files not specifically identified in search w...
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