Opinion
NO. 2015 KW 1817
02-10-2016
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MATTHEW HARRELL
In Re: State of Louisiana, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. M001891. BEFORE: McDONALD, McCLENDON AND THERIOT, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED. This Court does not know of any and the accused has not stated any authority that would preclude the State from seizing non-privileged communications. Furthermore, we find that the search warrant in the instant case described with particularity the thing to be seized, which is the e-mail account of the accused's company. See La. Const. art. I, § 5. Accordingly, the district court's ruling granting the accused's motion to quash is reversed, the motion is denied, and this matter is remanded to the district court with orders that the district court conduct an in-camera inspection of the contents of any and all accounts requested in connection with the search warrant.
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT