Legal Opinion
People v. Drielick
Michigan Supreme Court
Decided July 18, 1977No. Docket Nos. 56735, 57617, (Calendar Nos. 2, 3)PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLevin, J.
The issue is whether warrantless electronic eavesdropping of a telephone conversation, with the consent of one of the participants in the *563conversation, violates the Fourth Amendment prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures.
In these cases, consolidated on appeal, a witness for the people telephoned the defendant at the suggestion of police officers and obtained damaging admissions which were electronically recorded. No warrant was obtained from a magistrate before installation of the electronic surveillance equipment. The recordings were played at the trial over defendant’s…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Desist v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- United States v. WhiteSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Spector Motor Service, Inc. v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Endicott Johnson Corp. v. PerkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
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3Cited by19 opinions
- People v. CollinsMichigan Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. GlassAlaska Supreme Court · 1979
- People v. EvansMichigan Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. CorbeilMichigan Court of Appeals · 1977
- People v. WytcherlyMichigan Court of Appeals · 1988
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