Legal Opinion
United States v. Maurice S. Osser
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided November 12, 1973No. 73-1061PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal primarily presents an unusual issue of whether the Government’s tapping of a telephone conversation between an indicted defendant and a potential government witness in the absence of defendant’s counsel was in violation of the principles set forth in Mas-siah v. United States, 377 U.S. 201, 84 S.Ct. 1199, 12 L.Ed.2d 246 (1964). We find the Massiah principles inapplicable to the circumstances presented here and affirm.
Defendant-appellant Maurice S. Osser served as a County Commissioner (title later changed to City Election Commissioner) in…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Massiah v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hoffa v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Spano v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by50 opinions
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- United States v. Moskow, SigmundCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Louis Moschiano and Robert Fred Bishop, in Re Stephen M. KomieCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Clement KolodziejCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Maurice S. OsserCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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