North Dakota judge listens to arguments about the FMR search warrant. Cass County Case

Fargo, ND (Valley News Live) – A North Dakota judge heard arguments of state prosecutors and the defense lawyer of a former CASS County deputy regarding a search warrant he received.

The search warrant in question surrounds the case involving Carson Quam, who was accused of 10 positions of possession of child pornography in December.

According to a special agent of the North Dakota Criminal Investigation Office, the way they learned that Quam supposedly had certain prohibited materials was abnormal.

“The Fargo Police Department contacted the Criminal Investigation Office who told the information one of its officers who had said that he received information from his ex -wife, who had spoken with an unknown woman who had made these accusations,” said special agent Daniel Heidbreder, from the State Office of Criminal Investigation.

The researchers say that during the search warrant in Quam’s house, 8 articles were seized, including multiple phones, a laptop, a tablet and a USB unit.

“They informed us of a laptop, they also told us a television that Mr. Quam said he saw images of women aged 15 to 16 who would be in the basement, the basement room of the residence,” said Heidbreder.

Quam’s lawyer argued before the judge that there was not enough evidence or cause of issuing a search warrant and that finding elements such as child pornography can be part of the work for a deputy.

“At the time Mr. Quam was a deputy Quam, his spouse was also a deputy, he was upset because he had seen child pornography, but both are in a situation by virtue of his work, come for pornography,” said Mark Friese, Carson Quam’s lawyer. “The fact that a spouse is upset because her husband has been exposed to the bodies in a scene of the murder does not mean that the spouse is a murderer and certainly does not mean that the bodies are at home.”

State prosecutors cited the jurisprudence of the North Dakota Supreme Court, stating that it did not have to be certain that a crime was being committed only probability.

“The fourth amendment does not require an uninterrupted trail of evidence and allegation, so the affidavit does not need certainty that the mere probability is sufficient, said state prosecutor Justine Hesselbart.” I think the four corners of the sworn statement had a probable cause, they had enough link to search the Carson Quam residence in this case and finally revealed the suspicion that there was a suspected activity. “

According to judicial records, there is no specific date established for when the judge will decide whether the evidence found during the search warrant can be used or not.

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