Poore v. State

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THE FEDERAL WIRETAP AND ELECTRONIC EAVESDROPPING LAW AND ITS EFFECT UPON STATE LAW.

Judge Orth (later Chief Judge and now an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals), in State v. Siegel, 13 Md. App. 444, 285 A. 2d 671 (1971), aff’d 266 Md. 256, 292 A. 2d 86 (1972), discussed the judicial history which “cleared the way for the enactment of legislation giving sanction to the interception of wire or oral communications,” 13 Md. App. at 448-49, 285 A. 2d at 674, the constitutionality of the Omnibus Crime Control and.Safe Streets Act of June 19, 1968 (Title III 18 U.S.C. §§ 2510-2520) and the use…