Commonwealth v. Fant, R., Aplt.

I dissent from the majority’s conclusion that communications between an inmate and his visitor at a correctional facility that are effectuated through the use of a telephone handset do not constitute a “telephone call” subject to the exception to the general prohibition against interception in Section 5704(14) of the Pennsylvania Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Control Act (“Wiretap Act”), 18 Pa.C.S. § 5704(14). The majority reasons that the common sense meaning of “telephone” “requires both the dialing of a telephone number and the involvement of a telephone company in connecting a…