[DOWNLOAD] "United States v. Massino" by United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States v. Massino
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Release Date : January 21, 1986
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 62 KB
Description
The government appeals from an order suppressing tapes made between June 7 and July 7, 1982, pursuant to a court-authorized wiretap. Defendants Joseph Massino and Salvatore Vitale had moved in the district court to suppress the fruits of this wiretap, as well as five previous wiretap orders. One ground asserted for suppression was that the tapes from five of the six orders had not been sealed in accordance with the law due to excessive sealing delays following termination of the respective orders. The district court rejected this claim as to four of the orders, but held that a fifteen-day delay in sealing the tapes from the June-July order ("the sixth order") required suppression of those tapes. The district court held that the governments explanation for this delay was insufficient as a matter of law. We disagree. We believe the governments explanation for the delay is satisfactory, and reverse the order of suppression. However, we establish a new procedure for dealing with similar delays in the future.