United States v. Castillo-Garcia

EBEL, Circuit Judge.

After obtaining and executing five separate but related telephone wiretapping orders, the government secured evidence sufficient to indict eighteen members of an alleged drug conspiracy. In a pre-trial order, however, the district court suppressed all evidence obtained pursuant to four of the five wiretapping orders, on the grounds that the government had not demonstrated sufficient “necessity” for those wiretaps. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2518(10)(b) (1994), the government now appeals the district court’s suppression order. We exercise jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3731…