Commonwealth v. Selby

*33 OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

As in Commonwealth v. Brion, 539 Pa. 256, 652 A.2d 287 (1994), the sole issue in this case is whether an informer wearing a consensual wiretap may, without judicial approval, enter another individual’s home to record his conversations electronically for use by the police in an undercover investigation. We held in Brion that under Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, an individual’s right to privacy in his home should remain inviolate. The judgment of the Superior Court is reversed in part and affirmed in…