Legal Opinion
Facebook, Inc. v. Superior Court of San Diego Cnty.
California Court of Appeal, 5th District
Decided September 26, 2017No. D072171PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtNares, Acting P. J.
*733The issue whether a criminal defendant has a constitutional right to obtain social media records from an electronic communication or remote computing service is currently under review by the California Supreme Court in Facebook, Inc. v. Superior Court (2015) 240 Cal.App.4th 203, review granted December 16, 2015, S230051 ( Facebook I ). In this case, we address the same issue knowing that our high court will likely grant review and hold this matter pending a decision in Facebook I . Nonetheless, we publish our thoughts agreeing with the conclusion in Facebook I for their potential persuasive…
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