Legal Opinion

United States v. Caceres

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided April 13, 1979No. 76-1309PublishedCited by 875 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stevens

The question we granted certiorari to decide is whether evidence obtained in violation of Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regulations may be admitted at the criminal trial of a taxpayer accused of bribing an IRS agent. 436 U. S. 943 (1978).

Unbeknown to respondent, three of his face-to-face conversations with IRS Agent Yee were monitored by means of a radio transmitter concealed on Yee’s person. Respondent moved to suppress tape recordings of the three conversations on the ground that the authorizations required by IRS regulations had not been secured. The District Court granted the motion. The…

2Cases cited21 opinions

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