P. v. Ambroise CA6
After the trial court denied defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from a probation search of his home, data extracted from cell phones found at the residence, and digital recordings of phone calls defendant placed as a county jail inmate, defendant pleaded no contest to pimping. Defendant challenges the trial court’s suppression ruling as it relates to the probation search and the jail phone calls. He argues that the probation search was unduly prolonged and harassing, and the disclosure and retention of the jail calls violated California’s Electronic Communications Privacy Act.
We find the probation search of defendant’s home to be reasonable and that the jail lawfully obtained and retained the electronic recordings of defendant’s phone calls. However, the district attorney’s prolonged retention of any jail call recordings that had not warned of disclosure to that office violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act’s 90-day retention limit. The trial co
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