Opinion ID: 1443990
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Heading: the affidavit established probable cause to search

Text: Before the trial judge, and again before this Court, Sisson made three arguments for why the affidavit failed to establish probable cause. First, he argued that the affidavit only indicated when AOL discovered the email rather than when the email was transmitted. Thus, it was impossible to determine when the crime was actually committed and, therefore, impossible to conduct a staleness analysis. Consequently, the information in the affidavit was ipso facto stale. Second, Sisson argued that the police recklessly omitted information on email spoofing and that this information, if it had been included, would have vitiated the probable cause determination. [9] Finally, Sisson argued that his AOL username insufficiently linked him and his residence to the digital picture discovered. The trial judge rejected these contentions, as do we. Our reasons follow.