Seal v. State

Police access to communications over various networks plays a key role in many criminal investigations. A particularly important network is the telephone system. Surveillance of the telecommunications network, however, is heavily circumscribed by constitutional and statutory protections at both the state and federal level.1 In this case, we are asked to interpret Md.Code (1973, 2013 Repl.Vol., 2015 Supp.), § 10-402(c)(2) of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (“CJP”) — an exception to the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act’s general prohibition on the interception of…