United States v. Donald J. Angelini, Dominic Cortina, Joseph Spadavecchio, Salvatore J. Molose, Nick Camillo, John La Placa and Frank Aureli

PELL, Circuit Judge.

This case involves Government interceptions of wire communications without achieving strict compliance with the federal statutes governing such interceptions, 1 with the court being called upon to determine whether to apply the severe remedy of suppressing the resulting tapes and derivative evidence. The district court ordered suppression, and the Government appealed, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 2518(10)(b).

The pertinent facts are not complicated. During the period between November 1974 and February 1975, the Government obtained three separate wiretap orders as part of its…