083079P.pdf   12/17/2009  United States  v.  Stephen Brewer
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-3079
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Kansas City   
   [PUBLISHED] [Gruender, Author, with Melloy and Benton, Circuit Judges]
   Criminal case - criminal law. The district court did not err in
   concluding defendant was removed from his premises pursuant to a valid
   ex parte order of protection and in furtherance of these concerns, and not
   for the sake of avoiding his possible objection to a search of the premises;
   as a result, his wife's consent was sufficient to permit the officers to
   search the couple's home and seize defendant's computer equipment;
   search warrants for home were supported by probable cause to believe
   that defendant possessed photos depicting him sexually abusing a minor;
   the district court did not err in finding that the federal government's
   involvement in the investigation was not so significant as to render the
   investigation federal in nature, and the state search warrants were
   sufficient; several months delay in examining the contents of the
   computer and media did not alter the probable cause analysis and the
   forensic analysis did not violate the Fourth Amendment.