People v. Sossa

The question now before the court is a novel one: whether a Judge of the Criminal Court, who lacks statutory authority to issue an eavesdropping warrant, nevertheless has the right and authority under current law to review the basis for, and — if necessary — vacate an eavesdropping warrant issued by a Justice of the State ¡Supreme Court.

Under a warrant issued last year in Supreme Court, authorizing interception of communications on a certain telephone instrument at a specified location, certain conversations were overheard. The participants were (1) the resident of1 the premises at which the…