Frazier v. State

Justin Frazier (“Appellant”) appeals the trial court’s denial of his motion to suppress evidence of child pornography discovered on his personal computer pursuant to a search warrant. We affirm the trial court’s denial, finding that a person who shares files over a peer-to-peer network has no expectation of privacy in those files. We write to provide clarification as to why the State did not violate Appellant’s Fourth Amendment rights by using Child Protection System software (“CPS software”) to obtain information to form the basis for its search warrant.

CPS software, developed by a company…