Legal Opinion
Finney v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 7, 2016No. S15A1739PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Blackwell, Justice.
The use of wiretaps by law enforcement officers to intercept the content of communications is governed by Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 as amended, 18 USC § 2510 et seq. Generally speaking, investigators may employ wiretaps only when they are authorized to do so by court order, 2 see 18 USC § 2518 (l)-(6), and upon the expiration of such an order, the investigators must “immediately” present recordings of any intercepted communications to the court to be sealed. 18 USC § 2518 (8) (a). If recordings are not presented immediately for…
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3Cited by3 opinions
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