United States v. Paxton

ROVNER, Circuit Judge.

The district court suppressed the covertly-recorded statements that the defendants made to one another while being transported in a police van immediately after their arrests, finding that the characteristics of the van supported a reasonable expectation of privacy in the defendants’ conversations. The government has appealed that ruling, and defendant Matthew Webster has cross-appealed the district court’s determination that his subjective expectation of privacy ended when a co-defendant warned others within the van that they were likely being recorded. Building upon…