United States Ninth Circuit

Under 18 USC 2518(1)(c), police may not justify a wiretap of a defendant in a housing project by using the same allegations of necessity for a different suspect in the same housing project.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/12/2000
• Decided 12/12/2001
• Published 12/12/2001

Judges

• Before:  B. FLETCHER, THOMAS, and WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Richard M. Steingard;  Los Angeles, California, for defendant-appellant Rodney Blackmon., Michael Terrell, Assistant United States Attorney;  Los Angeles, California, for plaintiff-appellee United States of America.