COM. v. SCHAEFFER


370 Pa.Super. 179 (1987)

536 A.2d 354

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Paul R. SCHAEFFER, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 29, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter T. Campana, Williamsport, for appellant.

Kenneth A. Osokow, Assistant District Attorney, Williamsport, for Com., appellee.

Before CIRILLO, President Judge, and ROWLEY, OLSZEWSKI, DEL SOLE, MONTEMURO, BECK, TAMILIA, KELLY, and POPOVICH, JJ.


CIRILLO, President Judge:

This case concerns the legality of a technique of electronic surveillance known as "participant monitoring," or using a body wire to surreptitiously record a person's conversations. The issue is whether, under the Pennsylvania Constitution, the police need a search warrant based on probable cause to send a confidential informer into the home of an individual to electronically record his conversations and transmit them back to the police....

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