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True but it can be shown to be plausibly written by the defendant if there's no reasonable way the police could have known details without the message being int
by ARandomerDude 5y ago
True but it can be shown to be plausibly written by the defendant if there's no reasonable way the police could have known details without the message being intercepted.
For example:
"Hey Bill, I'm going to steal the car at 123 Anywhere Street on Thursday at 2 am."
Police then put a camera at 123 Anywhere St., and a reasonable juror would likely conclude there are two lines of legitimate evidence.
- tyingq 5y agoAnd there's parallel construction to avoid mentioning the wiretap at all. Cop calls the station from a burner phone and pretends to be an anonymous tipster..."Hey someone is stealing a car at 123 Anywhere..."
- jessaustin 5y agoIf they have video of a car theft (or any other crime), they don't need to mention the intercepted message. There the defendant is, stealing the car, on video. That's illegal. It is only when they need to prove marginal stuff like conspiracy that intercepts would matter.