Legal Opinion
Cross v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided April 6, 1973No. 47984PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hall, Presiding Judge.
The prohibitions found in Code Ann. § 26-3001 on "Unlawful Eavesdropping and. Surveillance” are inapposite here because they logically relate to one who is not a party to the conversation itself. One does not "intercept” or "overhear” a conversation that is made directly to him. He is not an eavesdropper nor does he have the conversation under "surveillance.” See "Eavesdropping,” Black’s Law Dictionary and *839Pavesich v. New England Life Ins. Co., 122 Ga. 190, 198 (50 SE 68). Anyone who makes a statement to another knows that the person to whom it is made may repeat it to…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pavesich v. New England Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Georgia · 1904
- Ansley v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1971
3Cited by26 opinions
- Brooks v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
- Mitchell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
- Quaid v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1974
- Cross v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
- Humphrey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
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