Commonwealth v. Birdseye

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The Appellants were found to have violated 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 911(b)(3) (Corrupt Organizations), 5902(b)(7) (Promoting Prostitution), 5903(a)(2) (Obscene Materials), 5703(1) (Interception of Wire Communications), and 5705(1) (Possession of Intercepting Devices). The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Appellants’ communications were intercepted in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2516(2), such that the evidence gathered from the wiretaps should have been suppressed.

The wiretaps at issue here were authorized by a judge of the Superior Court in April of 1986 pursuant to the…