UNITED STATES v. SULLIVAN

Crim. No. 1696-53.

116 F.Supp. 480 (1953)

UNITED STATES v. SULLIVAN.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

November 19, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Emmett McKenzie, Washington, D. C., for the defendant, for the motion.

Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., opposed.


HOLTZOFF, District Judge.

The question presented is whether the action of a law enforcement officer in listening to a telephone conversation between an informer and a suspect, with the knowledge and consent of the former, is within the ban of the statute prohibiting what is popularly known as "wire tapping".

This is a motion to suppress evidence in a criminal prosecution for violations of the Narcotic Acts. The motion is directed against articles seized pursuant...

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