United States v. Lentz

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ELLIS, District Judge.

In this remanded kidnapping for murder prosecution, the defendant seeks suppression of certain tape-recorded telephone communications between defendant Jay E. Lentz (“Lentz”) and his attorney regarding a murder-for-hire plot to eliminate key witnesses and the prosecutor in defendant’s case. At issue is (i) whether the tape recordings are protected by the attorney-client privilege and (ii) whether the tape recordings were illegally obtained in violation of defendant’s Sixth Amendment rights.

I

The facts relevant to this motion to suppress occurred…