PEOPLE v. STONE

Docket No. 114227, Calendar No. 4.

621 N.W.2d 702 (2001)

463 Mich. 558

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Brian James STONE, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

January 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General, Thomas L. Casey, Solicitor General, Peter R. George, Prosecuting Attorney, and Timothy K. Morris, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Port Huron, MI, for the people.

Lord & Guilliat (by Kenneth M. Lord), Port Huron, MI, for the defendant-appellant.


Opinion

MICHAEL F. CAVANAGH, J.

This criminal prosecution under the Michigan eavesdropping statutes requires us to decide whether a conversation held on a cordless telephone is a "private conversation" as that term is used in the statutes. We conclude that, although current technology may allow cordless telephone conversations to be intercepted, such conversations nonetheless can be private conversations under the eavesdropping statutes. Accordingly, we...

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