U.S. v. DONLAN

No. 1258, Docket 86-1499.

825 F.2d 653 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William DONLAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 31, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Keefe, Jr., New Haven, Conn. (Michael J. McClary, Lynch, Traub, Keefe and Errante, New Haven, Conn., on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

James T. Cowdery, Asst. U.S. Atty., Bridgeport, Conn. (Stanley A. Twardy, Jr., U.S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before NEWMAN, CARDAMONE, and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents the issue whether the sealing and disclosure provisions of the federal wiretap statute, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2517, 2518(8)(a) (1982), prohibit trial testimony concerning the results of police action supported by probable cause that was based on wiretapped conversations, the recording tape of which was improperly sealed. The issue arises on an appeal by William Donlan from a judgment of the District Court for the...

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