Digital Evidence Models

Search Seizure Gate Trace

Search and seizure work can be modeled as gate rows and unknown labels. Honesty note: simplified US federal classroom model; Fourth Amendment doctrine and state rules vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

highlighted = computed this step

Digital evidence model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified US federal classroom model; Fourth Amendment doctrine and state rules vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a process and label model, not the law itself.

digital evidence model as of June24,2026\text{digital evidence model as of }June 24, 2026

Use a stated gate trace

The stated classroom gate separates government-actor label, search-or-seizure label, and warrant-or-exception label. It is a trace only.

three gate rows\text{three gate rows}

Example label packet

The toy packet states government-actor and search-or-seizure labels. The warrant-or-exception label is unknown.

warrant or exception unknown\text{warrant or exception unknown}

The trace keeps the open label

The compiled trace has 3 rows and 1 unknown label row.

rows=3,unknown=1\text{rows}=3,\quad \text{unknown}=1

Diagram note

The diagram is a prong trace. It does not decide any search, seizure, warrant, or exception question.

trace rows only\text{trace rows only}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes a process and label model, not the law itself.

Simplified search seizure gate trace government_actor: satisfied via government_actor=True compare=True search_or_seizure_label: satisfied via search_or_seizure_label=True compare=True warrant_or_exception_label: unknown via warrant_or_exception_label=None compare=True

Summary

Search-seizure modeling should preserve unknown labels and route the packet to review instead of producing a result.

unknown then review\text{unknown then review}