WILSON v. SUPERIOR COURT

Docket No. 50533.

70 Cal.App.3d 751 (1977)

139 Cal. Rptr. 61

LONNIE JACKIE WILSON, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Five.

June 15, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Weitzman & Fidler, Howard L. Weitzman and Larry Fidler for Petitioner.

No appearance for Respondent.

John K. Van de Kamp, District Attorney, Harry B. Sondheim and George M. Palmer, Deputy District Attorneys, for Real Party in Interest.


OPINION

STEPHENS, J.

This petition for writ of prohibition presents a most troubling question, to wit: what remedy lies when a police officer illegally and surreptitiously eavesdrops on and records a conversation between a criminal defendant and his attorney while the defendant is in custody.

The facts are these: On September 30, 1976, 13-year old Latanya W. and her 12-year old brother Eric were walking home from school. In...

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