People v. Hunt

OPINION OF THE COURT

Sweeney, J.

After receiving numerous annoying telephone calls at their residence in the County of Albany, complainants Petersen and Noonan contacted the New York State Police. Thereafter, a member of that organization installed a tape recording device on complainants’ telephone. During the period in question, five offensive calls were received by Petersen and four by Noonan, all of which were recorded and logged.

Subsequent to retrieval of the tape recorder by the police, defendant was indicted by an Albany County Grand Jury on nine counts of aggravated harassment, a class A…