United States v. Richard Lee Heinz

The question presented by this appeal is whether the district court erred in concluding that the government’s prosecutorial and investigatory conduct toward defendant-appellees was so improper as to render taped telephone conversations between Heinz and the government’s agent subject to suppression. The question must be analyzed by the light of the Sixth Amendment. Upon such analysis, we hold that the government’s conduct did not violate Heinz’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel.

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Ted Mitchell is an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Texas. The district court found that Mitchell…