United States v. Calman Bernstein

BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals from a district court order that suppressed Caiman Bernstein’s intercepted phone calls as evidence against him. The court found that when the government applied for the intercept order extensions, under which the conversations were later seized, its agents knew that Bernstein was committing the crime under investigation and would use the telephone they sought to tap. Because Bernstein was not identified in either the applications or the extensions, in violation of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, the court suppressed…