Commonwealth v. Look

How courts have described this case

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• “[T]he Federal statute requires that a speaker have a justifiable expectation of privacy with regard to ‘oral communications.’ 18 U.S.C. § 2510(2) (1976
• \[i]t appears reasonable to speculate ... that [the defendant] was 'gambling' that the Commonwealth had forgotten about him or decided not to pursue his case\
• late assertion of right to speedy trial indicates that defendant was “gambling” that Commonwealth forgot about him
• delay of more than four years, “no significant failure of memory on crucial issues”
• “[T]he Federal statute requires that a speaker have a justifiable expectation of privacy with regard to ‘oral communications.’ 18 U.S.C. § 2510(2) (1976). In determining what is a justified expectation of privacy for purposes of § 2510, we must look to traditional Fourth Amendment law”
• upset emotional state did not render statements involuntary

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).