Kevinskisfast
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- Jurisdiction
- Georgia
Hello everyone. I am a law student who is prepping for a debate for class involving probable cause theory as it relates to searching and search warrants. The premise of the debate is as follows:
An individual (we'll call her Jill) receives a very threatening email promising harm to her and her family. Jill contacts the police stating that she is in fear for her life and gives the email to the police to investigate who wrote it. Jill and her family all state that they believe her crazy ex boyfriend wrote it and say he needs to be jailed. During their investigation, the police track the i.p. address to an online anonymous mailer that does not keep logs of it's users. The police know that if they can search the crazy ex-boyfriend's online history, they may find some evidence.
So here's the question: do they have probable cause to do so under these circumstances? I don't believe they do due to no actual connection to the victim save the victim's statement. What do y'all think?
An individual (we'll call her Jill) receives a very threatening email promising harm to her and her family. Jill contacts the police stating that she is in fear for her life and gives the email to the police to investigate who wrote it. Jill and her family all state that they believe her crazy ex boyfriend wrote it and say he needs to be jailed. During their investigation, the police track the i.p. address to an online anonymous mailer that does not keep logs of it's users. The police know that if they can search the crazy ex-boyfriend's online history, they may find some evidence.
So here's the question: do they have probable cause to do so under these circumstances? I don't believe they do due to no actual connection to the victim save the victim's statement. What do y'all think?