United States v. Harner

LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

Robert Edward Harner was charged with possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252(a)(4)(B), (b)(2). He moved to suppress hundreds of electronically-stored images of child pornography seized during a warrant search of his Minneapolis home. Harner argued that the affidavit of a computer forensic investigator failed to establish probable cause to issue the warrant. In that affidavit, the investigator averred that he had traced to Harner’s computer a shared file offering to distribute hundreds of files, sixteen of which were on the Internet Crimes Against…