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COM. v. CRUTTENDEN

No. 58 MAP 2011.

58 A.3d 95 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Jeffrey S. CRUTTENDEN, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant v. Stephen V. Lanier, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Burns Jr. , Philadelphia, Jacqueline M. Carroll , West Chester , James L. McMonagle , Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Edward Michael Marsico Jr. , Harrisburg, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association.

Albert Joseph Flora Jr. , Wilkes-Barre, Demetrius Fannick , for Stephen Lanier.

Joseph F. Sklarosky , Forty Fort, Joseph F. Sklarosky, Sr. , Wilkes-Barre, for Jeffrey S. Cruttenden.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

The issue in this discretionary appeal is whether a police officer violates the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act ("Wiretap Act" or "Act"), 18 Pa.C.S. § 5701, et seq., when he communicates directly with a suspect via cell phone text messages while pretending to be the suspect's accomplice.1 Because an officer who directly...

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