Adams v. State

The issue we are asked to decide in this case is whether a telephone call initiated by the police from the police station to a suspect, which is listened to by the victim of a crime on an extension phone for purposes of voice identification, amounts to an interception made in violation of the Maryland Wiretapping and Electronic Surveillance Law.

The pertinent facts are brief. At a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County, the testimony revealed that the victim was awakened in the night by a pain on the side of her neck. She saw a man standing in front of her and became aware of…