A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the California last week deemed rotten the evidentiary fruits plucked from a federal wiretap, an action that has been rare in recent years. Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong ruled that a wiretap application did not have the appropriate authorization from DOJ officials. The ruling casts into doubt the prosecution of Victor Nolasco-Perez, one of 15 co-defendants in an Oakland drug case.
June 14, 1999 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
For only the second time in the last few years, a Northern District judge has deemed rotten the evidentiary fruits plucked from a federal wiretap.
Last week, Oakland Judge Saundra Brown Armstrong ruled that a wiretap application signed by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Pougiales and approved by Senior Judge Thelton Henderson on Oct. 31, 1997, did not have the appropriate authorization from Department of Justice officials.
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