Legal Opinion
United States v. Byron Lester Thompson
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 30, 1991No. 90-8343PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge:
We hold that information obtained from a pen register placed on a telephone can be used as evidence in a criminal trial even if the court order authorizing its installation does not comply with the statutory requirements. The Supreme Court has held that the installation of a pen register does not constitute a search under the Fourth Amendment of the Constitution and does not warrant invocation of the exclusionary rule. Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735, 99 S.Ct. 2577, 61 L.Ed.2d 220 (1979). The statute providing for pen registers also does not require the exclusion…
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