The reason for issuing a search warrant in the case against Bobby Brown is very solid. It is based on facts and reliable data. The chat room internet conversations between Brown and the thirteen year old can be used as evidence to present to the magistrate. Since he talked to the child in a chat room and had sexual conversations even though she told him she was only thirteen, which is enough to get a search warrant. The Sheriff's office took over the child's chat account and gathered more incriminating evidence from Brown. Brown also drove with intentions of meeting the child to engage in sexual acts with the child. When he got to the place where the Aiken County Sheriff’s office told him to meet, he was arrested. Brown told the police about child pornography that he had at his house after he was arrested. This can also be used to ensure that the search warrant should be issued because it gives probable cause needed for the magistrate to issue a search warrant. Brown also told officers that there were other children that he drove to meet to engage in sexual activities which adds to the evidence needed for a search …show more content…
Gates overturned Aguilar v. Texas and was a defining case for search warrants history it lets police use a wide range of circumstances to get and use search warrants with more ease without reliable informant information. “Whiteley v. Warden, 401 U.S. 560 (1971) was an important case regarding affidavits as it ruled that insufficient affidavits cannot be rehabilitated by testimony after issuance concerning information possessed by the affiant but not disclosed to the magistrate” (Justia, 2014). United States v. Ventresca allows police to support their warrants that are based on probable cause such as something they saw, the magistrate said that with details and reliable sources include justified facts to allow for probable cause, the reasoning behind a warrant shouldn't be restrained by too precise of a showing like police