United States Tenth Circuit

The government demonstrated necessity for a wiretap where the rural nature of the area made concealing surveillance vehicles almost impossible, the tight-knit nature of the conspiracy made undercover infiltration impossible, and early plans for a wiretap did not prevent the DEA from diligently pursuing the investigation prior to the wiretap.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/29/2002
• Published 05/29/2002

Judges

• TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge., Before TACHA, Chief Circuit Judge, McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL, District Judge.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy Holton, Boulder, CO, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James C. Murphy, Assistant United States Attorney (Richard T. Spriggs, United States Attorney, with him on the brief), Office of the United States Attorney, Denver, CO, for Appellee.