California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Thomas, G049862 (Cal. App. 2015):
"On the other side of the equation, law enforcement's interests [in seizing appellant's computer] were . . . strong," in that the police had probable cause to believe it contained evidence of child pornography. (United States v. Burgard, supra, 675 F.3d at p. 1034.) Child pornography is not only a reprehensible offense in and of itself, it "is proximately linked to the sexual abuse of children [citation], 'a most serious crime and an act repugnant to the moral instincts of a decent people' [citation.]" (In re Grant (2014) 58 Cal.4th 469, 477.) It cannot be gainsaid that the police were pursuing an important governmental interest in this case.
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