NCJ Number
42448
Date Published
Unknown
Length
0 pages
Annotation
SIX DRAMATIZED SITUATIONS ILLUSTRATE THE FACTORS THAT DETERMINE IF INFORMATION OBTAINED FROM EAVESDROPPING OR FROM CERTAIN RECORDED CONVERSATIONS IS ADMISSIBLE IN COURT.
Abstract
THE VIGNETTES COVER TELEPHONE BOOTH CONVERSATIONS, USING INFORMERS TO CARRY RECORDING EQUIPMENT WHO ARE NOT BEING PROSECUTED, USING PROSECUTED INFORMERS TO TESTIFY, JAILHOUSE CONVERSATIONS, AND PRIVLEGED COMMUNICATIONS. THE DRAMATIZATIONS SHOW THAT IN SOME CASES, EAVESDROPPING IS PERMISSIBLE EVEN WHEN THE SUBJECT HAS SOME EXPECTATION OF PRIVACY....TWH