378 Pa. Super. 29 - Commonwealth v. Reeves’s Empirical Analysis

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12 state decisions

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1. “An application for an order authorizing interceptions of telephone communications must contain, inter alia, the identity of the person, if known, committing the offense under investigation and whose communications are to be intercepted. It must also contain details about particular offenses, the type of communications to be intercepted, and must show that there is probable cause to believe that pertinent communications will be transmitted on the facility under surveillance. The standard for determining whether probable cause existed is the same as that used to determine probable cause for search warrants. The facts contained in the affidavit for a search warrant must be such that an independent, issuing authority, exercising reasonable caution, can conclude that the items sought are connected with criminal activity and that they will be found in the place to be searched. Similarly, in an application for a wiretap, the Commonwealth must establish probable cause to believe that (1) a person has or is about to commit one of the offenses enumerated in the statute, (2) that communications relating to that offense will be transmitted, and (3) that such communications will be intercepted on the facility under surveillance. Our review of the application in the instant case persuades us unequivocally that the application con tained probable cause which was adequate to support the issuance of a wiretap order.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 430 Pa. Super. 402 - Commonwealth v. Iannelli