United States v. Daren Phillips

FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, No. 20-10304 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. 3:18-cr-00101-

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DAREN W. PHILLIPS,

Defendant-Appellant. OPINION

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada Miranda M. Du, Chief District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted November 15, 2021 San Francisco, California

Filed April 29, 2022

Before: Richard A. Paez and Michelle T. Friedland, Circuit Judges, and Edward R. Korman, * District Judge.

Opinion by Judge Korman

* The Honorable Edward R. Korman, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of New York, sitting by designation. SUMMARY **

Criminal Law

The panel affirmed a judgment of conviction in a case in which Daren Phillips entered a conditional guilty plea to possession of child pornography, reserving the right to appeal the denial of his motion to suppress evidence found on his laptop computer.

After calling off her engagement to Phillips, Amanda Windes discovered child pornography on his computer, which she then brought to the Washoe…