STATE, EX REL. OHIO BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY v. WILLIAMS

No. 79-1443.

63 Ohio St. 2d 51 (1980)

THE STATE, EX REL. THE OHIO BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. WILLIAMS, JUDGE, APPELLEE.

Supreme Court of Ohio.

Decided July 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Messrs. Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, Mr. James S. Monahan, Mr. Joseph W. Ryan, Jr., and Mr. Howard R. Besser, for appellant.

Mr. George C. Smith, prosecuting attorney, and Mr. James E. Phillips, for appellee.


LOCHER, J.

The central issue before this court is whether the Court of Common Pleas properly directed the telephone company, a non-party to an ex parte hearing, to aid law enforcement officials with technical assistance necessary for the implementation of a pen register to investigate a continual course of alleged criminal activity, which there was probable cause to believe was being committed over telephone lines owned, operated and exclusively controlled...

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