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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