What was the ruling of U.S.v.Carey on warranted searches of computer files?
A) The "plain view" doctrine is relevant to what is uncovered in computer searches.
B) Warrants are not needed for searches of computer files.
C) Since digital evidence can be stored virtually anywhere, it is necessary to search all possibilities.
D) Warrants require less particularity when a computer is an instrument of a crime.

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The ruling of U.S.v.Carey was that the "plain view" doctrine is relevant to what is uncovered in computer searches. This means that if evidence is found in plain view during a warranted search of computer files, it can be seized and used as evidence. However, the ruling did not state that warrants are not needed for searches of computer files or that less particularity is required for warrants involving computers. Additionally, the ruling did not suggest that all possibilities need to be searched when looking for digital evidence.

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