Courtney v. the State

DOYLE, Chief Judge.

Christopher Courtney was charged with sexual exploitation of children by distributing child pornography from his computer. We granted Courtney’s application for interlocutory appeal to consider whether the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress identifying Internet subscriber information obtained by police pursuant to an administrative subpoena issued under OCGA § 16-9-108 (a). Because Courtney lacks standing to challenge the search of his Internet provider (“IP”) for identifying information, we affirm.

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