How have the courts interpreted a search warrant to search for documentary evidence?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S.A. v. Liu, 239 F.3d 138 (2nd Cir. 2000):
disregarded the terms of a warrant. See, e.g., United States v. Hargus, 128 F.3d 1358, 1363 (10th Cir. 1997) (holding that where government agents were authorized by a warrant to search for "broad categories" of documentary evidence, and records belonging to each category were found in every drawer of some file cabinets, the officers did not "grossly exceed" the terms of the warrant when they seized entire file cabinets so that complete suppression was required) (collecting cases).
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