450 Pa. Super. 482 - Commonwealth v. Myers’s Empirical Analysis
1996
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
1
states following
October 2002
most recently cited
3 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Brion · 370 Pa. Super. 179 - Commonwealth v. Schaeffer · 448 Pa. Super. 98 - Commonwealth v. McIvor · 381 Pa. Super. 83 - Commonwealth v. Brion
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“in Pennsylvania, our Legislature has determined that that [sic] although intercepting a communication to which one is a party may not be a violation of a constitutional privacy interest, it so threatens the private nature of social communication as to be considered unlawful in this Commonwealth. Recognizing this concern of the legislature, any analysis of what constitutes an oral communication under the Wiretap Act cannot be limited to an analysis on strict constitutional privacy grounds. The interest protected by the Wiretap Act is directed to a right not to have one’s words electronically seized under circumstances which are reasonably justified. Hi H* H* H* $ H* In Brion , the Supreme Court did not rule that there must be an expectation of privacy in the recorded communication in order to bring it under the definition of “oral communication” as used by the Wiretap Act. The court merely indicated that an expectation of privacy is an important consideration in the total analysis and is crucial when the interception occurs in one’s home. [ I]n varying situations this analysis can yield differing results as to whether there is either an expectation of privacy or a [sic] expectation of non-interception. Generally, where there is an expectation of privacy there is also an expectation of non-interception. Such is not always the case, however. For instance, if one is being examined by his or her physician and knows from past experience that the doctor often carries a small tape re”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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