United States v. Frederick James Staves, United States of America v. Ernest Wayne

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• noting that consent, though generally express, may be implied where there are surrounding circumstances indicating that an individual knowingly agreed to an action
• noting that “foreseeability of monitoring is insufficient to infer consent” to wiretapping
• “Law enforcement officials need not exhaust every conceivable investigative technique before seeking a wiretap order.”
• party to communication impliedly consents to monitoring where circumstances “indicate that [he] knew that interception was likely and agreed to the monitoring”
• “Law enforcement officials need not exhaust every conceivable investigative technique before seeking a wiretap order.”
• party to communication im- pliedly consents to monitoring where circumstances “indicate that [he] knew that interception was likely and agreed to the monitoring”

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