State v. Munro

In accordance with a lawful warrant authorizing the search for and seizure of drug-related evidence, the police seized a Beta videotape from defendant’s apartment. When the police initially played the videotape, it appeared to be blank. A year later, the police received information that the videotape contained evidence of child pornography. The police examined the tape again, this time looking for images of children engaged in unlawful sexual activity. Again the tape appeared to be blank. Eventually, using a different tape player, the police were able to view pornographic images of children…