United States v. Valencia

MEMORANDUM ORDER

SCOTT, District Judge.

The Defendants’ Joint Omnibus Motion raises first impression legal issues in this Circuit concerning inmate phone conversations recorded by prison officials. Defendants seek to suppress these taped conversations. Defendants argue that “carte blanche” recording of inmate phone conversations violates Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, as well as the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Defendants also raise the Sixth Amendment, hearsay objections and finally 403 relevancy questions. At the request of…