United States Ninth Circuit

The grant of defendant's motion to suppress evidence obtained from a wiretap is affirmed over the government's claim that the district court erred in finding that the wiretap issued failed to meet the statutory necessity requirement.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2004
• Decided 06/22/2005
• Published 06/22/2005

Judges

• D.W. NELSON, Circuit Judge:, Before:  D.W. NELSON, KLEINFELD, and GOULD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce M. Ferg, (argued);  Paul K. Charlton and Christina M. Cabanillas (on the briefs), Office of the U.S. Attorney, Tucson, AZ, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Kirchner (argued) and Walter Nash (on the briefs), Nash & Kirchner, P.C., Tucson, AZ;  Jefferson Keenan (on the briefs) and Michael Piccarreta (argued), Piccarreta & Davis, P.C., Tucson, AZ, for the defendants-appellees.