United States v. Aron Lichtenberger

OPINION

BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge.

This case deals with the suppression of evidence discovered during a private search and reviewed shortly thereafter by a police officer without a warrant. In 2011, defendant Aron Lichtenberger (“Li-chtenberger”) was arrested at the home he shared with his girlfriend, Karley Holmes (“Holmes”), for failing to register as a sex offender with the local authorities. After his arrest, Holmes hacked into Lichtenber-ger’s personal laptop computer, where she discovered a number of images of child pornography. Holmes contacted the po lice, and when an officer…