People v. Herrera

1 In this interlocutory appeal, the People argue that evidence of text messages between defendant Matthew Herrera and a juvenile girl named Faith W.1 were admissible under a warrant authorizing a search of his cellphone for indicia of ownership, and, in the alternative, under the plain view exception to the warrant requirement. We disagree and affirm the trial court's suppression order.

¶2 Faith W.'s mother told police that she believed Herrera was having sexual interactions with her daughter. Soon thereafter, Detective Robert Dodd started texting Herrera posing as "Stazi," a fourteen-year-old…