Electronic Surveillance Flashcards
1
Q
Olmstead v US (1928)
Incorporation Case
A
4th amendment does not apply to wiretaps (search is to be of material things)
-nothing tangible was taken
5th amendment’s self incrimination clause was not violated.
2
Q
Katz v US (1967)
A
4th amendment protected telephone conversations conducted in a phone booth.
A public telephone booth is a constitutionally protected area so that evidence obtained by an attached recording device is a violation of the right to privacy.
3
Q
Kyllo v US (2001)
A
held that the use of a thermal imaging device from a public vantage point to monitor the radiation of heat from a person’s home was a “search” within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment, and thus required a warrant.
