Supreme Court of California

In a matter arising from arrests made pursuant to an investigation into the Arellano-Felix drug trafficking organization, denial of defendants' motions to suppress evidence of the contents and fruits of certain wiretaps is affirmed over claims that the wiretaps violated Pen. Code section 629.52(d) and the Fourth Amendment in that the government's affidavits in support of the applications failed to establish necessity for the wiretaps.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2007
• Published 01/25/2007

Judges

• BAXTER, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth H. Lewis, Los Angeles, Peter N. Priamos, Torrance, and Arthur Lewis, Los Angeles, for Defendant and Appellant Avelino Leon., Sandra Uribe and Nancy Gaynor, under appointments by the Supreme Court, for Defendant and Appellant Victor Aceves., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, Robert R. Anderson and Mary Jo Graves, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Pamela C. Hamanaka, Assistant Attorney General, Steven D. Matthews, Kristofer Jorstad and Mary Sanchez, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.