By: Derek Hawkins//December 5, 2021//
7th Circuit Court of Appeals
Case Name: United States of America v. Henry E. Wood
Case No.: 20-2974
Officials: SYKES, Chief Judge, and EASTERBROOK and BRENNAN, Circuit Judges.
Focus: Warrantless Search & Seizure – Suppression of Evidence
Henry Wood was arrested for violating his parole. Midway through the arrest, parole agents found methamphetamine hidden underneath the back cover of his cellphone. An investigator later extracted the data from his cellphone, revealing child pornography. Wood moved to suppress the data, arguing the Fourth Amendment requires a warrant before such a search. We disagree and affirm the district court’s denial of Wood’s motion to suppress.
Affirmed