Dissenting 4th Circuit Judge Warns Of Applying Analog Standards To Digital Cases

Mealey's (October 16, 2019, 1:43 PM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — As the lone dissenter from an Oct. 9 Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals decision to deny rehearing to a man who sought to suppress evidence that he downloaded child pornography, Judge James A. Wynn Jr., who also dissented from the original panel ruling that upheld a trial court’s decision to not suppress, voiced his concern that courts too often do not take the time to sufficiently familiarize themselves with modern technology when it is the subject of lawsuits (United States v. Nikolai Bosyk, No. 18-4302, 4th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 30321)....