Marvin T. Rideout, III v. Commonwealth of Virginia

BEALES, Judge.

Pursuant to a conditional guilty plea agreement, Marvin T. Rideout, III (appellant) entered pleas under North Carolina v. Alford, 400 U.S. 25, 91 S.Ct. 160, 27 L.Ed.2d 162 (1970) (“Alford pleas”) to twenty counts of possession of child pornography in violation of Code § 18.2-374.1:1(A). 1 Appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion to suppress evidence supporting these convictions because appellant claims that the police breached his reasonable expectation of privacy in the contents of his personal computer—files from which appellant had displayed to the…