Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Capra v. United States

Capra v. United States, 43 L. Ed. 2d 670 (1975)

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1975-03-24
Topic
general

requiring suppression of conversations of party who was neither named in order nor conversing with named party, when order permitted only “the interception of telephonic communications of [named suspect] with co-conspirators, accomplices and agents”; id., 273 | "too brief a period for an eavesdropper even with experience to identify the caller and characterize the conversation." | effect on commerce found where payment of $150 was extorted by local official from tavern owner who purchased liquor from state distributors who in turn purchased liquor interstate | when police are merely assisting a private party who has authority to search and a legitimate need to do so, courts are reluctant to exclude the resulting evidence | when police are merely assisting a private party who has authority to search and a legitimate need to do so, courts are reluctant to exclude the resulting evidence | two minutes is “too brief a period for an eavesdropper even with experience to identify the caller and characterize the conversation” | “too brief a period for an eavesdropper even with experience to identify the caller and characterize the conversation.” | extortion from potential licensee by liquor license clerk affects future commerce of tavern | “when police are merely assisting a private party, who has au thority to search and a legitimate need to do so, ... courts are reluctant to exclude resulting evidence” | "when police are merely assisting a private party, who has authority to search and a legitimate need to do so, ... courts are reluctant to exclude resulting evidence"

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C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.