ADAMS v. SUMNER

No. 93-15621.

39 F.3d 933 (1994)

Maggie Jo ADAMS, aka Maggie Jo Koza, Petitioner-Appellant, v. George W. SUMNER, Director, Nevada Department of Prisons; Brian McKay, Attorney General, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 28, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atmore L. Baggot, Phoenix, AZ, for petitioner-appellant.

Robert E. Weiland, Deputy Atty. Gen., Carson City, NV, for respondents-appellees.

Before: HUG, FARRIS, and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges.


O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

Is evidence obtained from continued eavesdropping by a hotel operator who inadvertently intercepts a telephone call admissible under the Federal Wiretapping Statute?

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On October 24, 1980, John Schweizer was murdered while driving his taxi in Las Vegas. On November 5, 1980, a clerk at a Las Vegas hotel had been connecting a telephone call to Maggie Jo Adams' hotel room when he inadvertently heard one of the parties mention...

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