U.S. v. VANMETER

No. 00-6456.

278 F.3d 1156 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brent Eugene VANMETER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

January 29, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Submitted on the briefs.*

Daniel G. Webber, Jr., United States Attorney, Arlene Joplin, Assistant United States Attorney, and Jerome A. Holmes, Assistant United States Attorney, Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mack K. Martin and J. David Ogle of Martin Law Office, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before LUCERO, Circuit Judge, BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ROGERS, District Judge.


BRORBY, Senior Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted Brent Eugene VanMeter, the defendant, of accepting a bribe in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 666. On appeal, Mr. VanMeter asserts the following: (1) the trial court should have suppressed wiretap communications obtained pursuant to a court order that included unlawful references to offenses not subject to wiretap investigation; (2) government agents violated the "necessity" requirement of the federal wiretapping statute...

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