State v. Tyler

HARRIS, Justice.

This complicated story begins in 1983 when defendant Scott Tyler received a cordless telephone as a father’s day gift. The State intercepted Tyler’s conversations on the telephone and this led, in a prior prosecution, to his conviction on two counts of first-degree theft. Because the State intercepted the messages without a search warrant, the taped conversations were suppressed in that trial, but Tyler was nonetheless convicted and served ninety days before he was released on probation.

Following his release Tyler filed a suit in federal court against Scott County and others,…