Supreme Court· 10/13/1952

On Lee v. United States

Citations

343 U.S. 747
72 S. Ct. 967
96 L. Ed. 2d 1270
1952 U.S. LEXIS 2794

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holding that the Fourth Amendment did not protect a conversation the defendant had with a third-party that police listened to through a wire
noting that testi- mony from witness receiving benefits from government “may raise serious questions of credibility”
noting that testimony from witness receiving benefits from government “may raise serious questions of credibility”
explaining that a trespass constitutes an unreasonable search if the officer gains entry “without any express or implied consent”
stating that “[t]his Court has long recognized the ‘serious questions of credibility’ informers pose”
holding that “no trespass was committed”

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Judges: Jackson, Black, Douglas, Burton, Frankfurter

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