Rarely a day goes by without another news account of police accusing an individual with using a computer to commit a crime — computer tampering, possessing child pornography or perhaps on-line auction fraud. But with computers playing an ever-increasing role in our lives, more and more criminal investigations involve computer evidence — even when a computer isn’t used to commit the crime.

With increasing regularity, police are using e-mails and Internet surfing histories to identify and locate criminal suspects. For instance, investigators used e-mail correspondence and Internet history to identify the woman who was convicted of murdering a Missouri woman and stealing her unborn fetus.

It’s more likely than ever today that the difference between being convicted and walking free is evidence contained within a computer. Alibis may be corroborated or disproven with evidence contained on a home PC, a business computer, a laptop, a cell phone, in records held by an internet service provider or in a dozen other places.

The lawyers at The Chval Law Group know where critical computer evidence can be found, and what is required to obtain it lawfully. They have the experience and the expertise to subject search warrants to the scrutiny guaranteed by the Constitution. Their years of investigating and prosecuting computer-related crimes give them the knowledge necessary to recognize shortcomings in the government’s evidence and to recognize when the government is failing to provide evidence that should be provided.

In today’s digital world, no criminal investigation — or defense — is complete without expert consideration of potential computer evidence. Don’t risk your liberty — contact The Chval Group today