Sherelle Thomas v. City of Harrisburg

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How courts have described this case

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• witness’ cooperation secured through illegal wiretap which directly implicated him in improper payment to union official
• testimony inadmissible where witness agreed to testify only after police revealed knowledge of facts gained from illegal tap
• testimony inadmissible where witness agreed to testify only after police revealed knowledge of facts gained from illegal tap
• “The road from the [illegal source] to the testimony may be long, but it is straight”
• testimony inadmissible where witness was unwilling to testify until informed that police had information gained from illegal wiretap
• testimony inadmissible where witness was unwilling to testify until informed that police had information gained from illegal wiretap

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