Legal Opinion
State v. Burstein
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided March 16, 1981PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
WILENTZ, C. J.
These cases present several questions relating to New Jersey’s Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (“Wiretap Act”), N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-1 et seq.
The sealing provision of the Act, N.J.S.A. 2A:156A-14, requires tapes of all intercepted conversations to be presented “immediately” to an appropriate judge for sealing. In State v. Cerbo, 78 N.J. 595 (1979), we held that a delay in presenting the *398tapes for sealing would result in suppression of the tapes unless there was a satisfactory explanation for the delay. This case presents…
2Cases cited35 opinions
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- Williams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by123 opinions
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