Editor’s note: This article is the second in a three-part series.

In Part I of the analysis of computer search warrants, we discussed how the restrictive conditions imposed by the Vermont Supreme Court upon the search of a PC and an iPad in In re Application for Search Warrant, No. 2010-479 (December 14, 2012), might be constitutionally permissible. In Parts II and III, we will review those conditions.

Ex Ante Conditions