United States v. Salvatore Finazzo, Dominic J. Licavoli

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Under the 1968 eavesdropping statute,1 the FBI secured an interception order from a federal judge, and on the basis of incriminating evidence obtained from overhearing the defendant Finazzo’s conversations at his office, the government charged him with a federal offense. The government appeals from a decision by Judge Damon Keith suppressing all the evidence obtained from electronic eavesdropping devices which FBI agents secretly installed by breaking into Finazzo’s offices. We affirm the suppression order. We hold that judges do not have the power under the 1968…