Legal Opinion

United States v. Derek Tagg

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 27, 2018No. 17-1777PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

McKEAGUE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which COOK and STRANCH, JJ., joined. STRANCH, J. (pg. 591), delivered a separate concurring opinion.

In September 2015, police executed a warrant at Derek Tagg's residence, searching for child pornography. They found plenty of it-over 20,000 files, all stored on Tagg's computer. The search warrant was based primarily on digital evidence from an FBI operation showing that Tagg had spent over five hours browsing a website ("Playpen") that obviously contained child pornography. The district court found that the police lacked probable cause to…

Also in this document: Concurrence.

2Cases cited30 opinions

  1. Illinois v. GatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. District of Columbia v. WesbySupreme Court of the United States · 2018
  3. United States v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 2008
  4. Florida v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 2013
  5. United States v. Resendiz-PonceSupreme Court of the United States · 2007

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3Cited by32 opinions

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