State v. Clark’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

1 federal appellate · 23 state decisions

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1. “and, therefore, did not justify the authorization for recording. Specifically, it was deficient because it gave the issuing judge an inadequate and overly generalized description of the geographic areas where the informant would be recording conversations and it did not name or identify the parties whose conversations were to be recorded. Although an application for a recording needs only to describe the nonconsenting parties with”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Clark

2. “violations of the controlled substances act. Clerk's Papers at 98, 93. Rather than demonstrating the ineffectiveness of other investigative techniques that may have been employed, the application indicated only that the recording of these conversations was necessary for the safety of the informant and because his credibility would be subject to attack. The application here was not a”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Clark

3. “throughout the process. Clerk's Papers at 97. While judges who authorize recordings pursuant to the privacy act have considerable discretion to determine whether the act's safeguards have been satisfied, the judge's discretion is not unbridled. Fundamentally, the law enforcement officer received precisely the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. State v. Clark