COM. v. DeBLASE


357 Pa.Super. 71 (1986)

515 A.2d 564

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Thomas DeBLASE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed September 22, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mary A. Killinger, Assistant District Attorney, Norristown, for Com., appellant.

Henry T. Crocker, Pottstown, for appellee.

Before WICKERSHAM, McEWEN and JOHNSON, JJ.


JOHNSON, Judge:

We are asked to decide whether the Pennsylvania Wiretap Act1 permits an exception for the unauthorized interception of telephone conversations where the person who made the tape recordings was subsequently murdered. We are also asked to determine whether the sixth amendment right to counsel attaches to the pre-arrest use of a consensual body wire on the particular facts presented in this case. We find no justification for...

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