Stripping Matters to the [Central] Core: Searching Electronic Devices Incident to Arrest
John W. Burchill · Manitoba Law Journal · 2009
Mr. Kipper, 27, joined a growing group of camera-phone owners who can't seem to resist capturing themselves breaking the law."As a criminal defense attorney, it's very difficult when a client proclaims his innocence but incriminates himself by taking photos of the stolen items," says William Korman, the Boston attorney who represented Mr. Kipper. 1 * John Burchill is a 3rd year student at the Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba.He is also the supervisor of the Winnipeg Police Service, Commercial Crime Unit.The opinions expressed are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the Winnipeg Police Service or the Province of Manitoba Public Prosecutions. 1 See e.g.William Bulkeley, "Cheese!Uh-Oh … Cellphone photos prove perps' guilt" The Wall Street Journal (8 December 2007) A1. 2 See e.g."Parolee Accused of Sexually Abusing Teens" KOLOTV (15 January 2010), online: KOLOTV .The accused, Michael Cockrell, videotaped himself with his cell phone having sex with two teenage girls he had plied with alcohol.3 See e.g."Camera phone pictures give suspect up" Press of Atlantic City (26 February 2005), online: Press of Atlantic City .A cell phone picture of the suspect holding an AK-47 was used to show knowledge and possession relative to shooting using the same weapon a few months earlier.4 See e.g."Baby photo helps jail fraudster" BBC News (22 July 2008), online