Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Griffin v. Hendrick
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 23, 1963No. M-2494PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUONGO, District Judge.
After a trial held in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Philadelphia County from May 24, 1957 to June 5, 1957, Thomas Griffin was convicted on 31 bills of indictment charging unlawful possession and sale of drugs. At the trial, over Griffin’s objection, tape recordings of telephone conversations intercepted by means of wire tap were played before the jury. Griffin was sentenced to consecutive terms of imprisonment of 2% to 5 years each on six of the bills of indictment (a total of 15 to 30 years) and sentence was suspended on the remaining 25 convictions. On appeal, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Olmstead v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Wolf v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lynumn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- On Lee v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by3 opinions
- United States Ex Rel. Laino v. Warden of Wallkill PrisonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- People v. La PelusoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1966
- United States of America Ex Rel. Thomas Griffin v. Edward J. Hendrick, Superintendent of County PrisonsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966