State v. Maffia

Defendant was indicted for hindering prosecution. The state appeals an order of suppression.

Some anonymous telephone calls were received and tape recorded in the homicide detectives’ office of the Portland Police Bureau. The state obtained an order requiring defendant to submit to a telephonic voice transmission and provide a voice exemplar. Defendant complied and was indicted for hindering prosecution. He moved to suppress the exemplar and tapes of the conversations received by the police. A hearing was held and the trial court granted defendant’s motion.

The trial court ordered suppression…