United States v. William c.wolk

ROSS, Circuit Judge.

The Government appeals, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 2518(10)(b) and 3731, from the granting of a motion to suppress evidence obtained by virtue of a court authorized wiretap. The principal issue on appeal is whether the failure to timely serve formal inventories of wiretap interceptions as required by 18 U.S.C. § 2518(8)(d) justifies suppression of the evidence derived from a wiretap when the appellees had actual notice of the interceptions and were not prejudiced. We conclude that suppression was not justified and reverse.

On February 18, 1971, by order of the district court,…