People v. Chapman

Opinion

BIRD, C. J.

May the police, acting without a search warrant, 1 obtain from a telephone company the name and address of an unlisted telephone sub scriber when they suspect the telephone may be used for an unlawful activity?

I

On December 5, 1980, a confidential informant contacted Detective Maul-din of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department and claimed she had some information about illegal offtrack betting. The informant, who had been betting heavily for six months and owed her bookie over $9,000, told Mauldin that she placed bets by calling a particular telephone number. She…