State v. Mazzone

MURPHY, Chief Judge.

This case concerns whether the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Act, codified as Maryland Code (1973, 1989 RepLVol.) §§ 10-401 to 10-414 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, allows law enforcement agents to pur*382posefully intercept privileged marital communications.1 In addition, we consider whether all of the evidence obtained pursuant to a wiretap order must be suppressed. because minimization guidelines accompanying the order contained a misstatement of law concerning the scope of the marital communications privilege.

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In 1968, Congress…