United States v. Eric Thomas

HULL, Circuit Judge:

After a jury trial, Eric Thomas, a federal prisoner, is serving a 96-month sentence, followed by a life term of supervised release, on his conviction for knowingly accessing with the intent to view child pornography. On appeal, Thomas challenges the district court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence discovered on a HP desktop computer in his home. Af ter a careful review of the record and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm.

I. PROCEDURAL OVERVIEW

On September 25, 2013, following a police search of Eric Thomas’s home computers, a federal grand jury indicted…