In what circumstances will a court order a search of electronic equipment for a defendant convicted of criminal threats and resisting a police officer?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Clay, C082597 (Cal. App. 2019):
4. Such a situation presented itself in People v. Ebertowski (2014) 228 Cal.App.4th 1170, 1172, wherein the court upheld an electronics search condition against a defendant convicted of criminal threats and resisting an officer with a street gang benefit enhancement. That defendant had used social media to promote his street gang as evidenced by discovery documents. (Id. at p. 1173.)
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