United States v. Paul
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
614 F.2d 115 (1980)
- Written by Miller Jozwiak, JD
Facts
Prison officials monitored phone calls between two inmates (defendants) and a woman. A court later found that the prison had posted rules giving notice to all prisoners that telephone monitoring might occur. In one phone call, the first inmate told a woman to bring the “material” and that he would have the money. When a woman came to visit the inmate, the inmate was found to have $5, and the woman was strip-searched, which resulted in no finding of contraband. But a second inmate then made a call to a woman identified as Susan. During that call, the woman said that she had “ditched the stuff” under a chair. Prison officials then performed a search of an office and found contraband. The United States prosecuted the inmates for violating a federal law that prohibited introducing contraband into a federal prison. The inmates moved to suppress the phone calls, arguing that they had been monitored in violation of Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act (Title III). The district court disagreed, and the inmates appealed.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Keith, J.)
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