01-29-2025, 04:41 PM
Plain - View really doesn't work for computers, simply because law enforcement when searching a computer, everything on a computer is in plain view. This renders the fourth amendment useless since a person right to privacy is gone in regard to their computers and cellphones, because again, everything is plain view. The fourth amendment is and has been view by the courts as a "RIGHT" to privacy law, meaning it is there to stop the government from rummaging through your property and papers and protect your right to privacy. The purpose of the particularity requirement is to limit the government intrusion into your private life.