United States v. Smith

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises out of Defendant-Appellant Brad Smith's conviction for producing six videos depicting him sexually assaulting a three-year-old child. Smith challenges the district court's denial of his motion to suppress evidence recovered from his residence on a Louisiana pecan farm, including a laptop computer and two hard drives that contained the videos in question, as well as statements he made to law enforcement at the farm and during a later interrogation. He argued that law enforcement agents had violated his Fourth Amendment rights, and that he was coerced…