Legal Opinion
People v. Balint
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 30, 2006No. G034435PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARONSON, J.
A jury convicted Kelli Marie Balint of receiving stolen property. (Pen. Code, § 496; all statutory references are to the Penal Code.) She contends officers exceeded the scope of a search warrant for her residence when they confiscated an open laptop computer under a warrant clause authorizing seizure of “any items tending to show dominion and control” of the premises searched. We agree with the trial court that a laptop computer logically could serve as a container for information tending to show occupancy and control of the residence. Accordingly, we affirm the judgment.
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2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Scott v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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