United States v. Shriver

MOODY, District Judge.

On September 26, 1991, defendants-ap-pellees were indicted under certain provisions of the wiretap laws,2 specifically 18 U.S.C. § 2511(1), 18 U.S.C. § 2512(l)(a) and (b), and Section 705(a) of the Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. § 605(a), for conspiring to manufacture, sell and assist others in the use of electronic devices commonly known as “modified descramblers”.3 On December 19, 1991, the government, plaintiff-appellant, obtained a superseding indictment against defendants, containing substantially the same charges as those contained in the original…