Court Opinion

ID: 9798858
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 05:29:48.814957+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:11:31.383612
License: Public Domain

STUCKY, Judge
(concurring in part and dissenting in part):
I concur that the Government’s successive searches, forensic and otherwise, of Appellant’s iPhone clearly exceeded the scope of the original private search, and that the results of those searches must be excluded from evidence. While the full extent of the private search is not clear, the military judge found that it revealed text messages from “D. Wade” and “Benoit.” United States v. Wicks, 73 M.J. 93, 96 (C.A.A.F.2014). I believe that the Government has carried its burden of showing that these messages were within the scope of the initial private search, and I would hold that they are therefore admissible at trial.
In all other respects, I concur in the majority opinion.