State v. Ball

The defendant, Jonathan Ball, appeals his conviction, following a bench trial upon stipulated facts, on one felony count of possessing child sexual abuse images (child pornography). See RSA 649-A:3, 1(a) (Supp. 2011). On appeal, he argues that the Superior Court {Smukler, J.) erred when it denied his motion to suppress evidence derived from the search of his home computer. We affirm.

I. Background

The following facts are derived primarily from the affidavit submitted to support the warrant to search the defendant’s computer. On July 29, 2009, the Concord police received a complaint that a man…