Legal Opinion
United States v. Frank Gary Buckner
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 11, 2007No. 06-4399PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Affirmed by published opinion. Judge MOTZ wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge NIEMEYER joined.
OPINION
DIANA GRIBBON MOTZ, Circuit Judge.
Frank Gary Buckner appeals from an order denying his motion to suppress evidence gathered from password-protected files on the hard drive of a computer police seized from his home. The officers seized and searched the computer, without a warrant, on the basis of oral consent granted by Buckner’s wife, Michelle. On appeal, Buckner contends that although Michelle’s consent sufficed to give the officers permission to search the computer itself,…
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