Commonwealth v. Cruttenden

Jun 16, 2011
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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 16th ‍‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍day of June, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of ‍‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍Appeal i: GRANTED. The issue, as presented by Petitioner, ‍‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍is:

Does a police officer violate the Wiretap Act by ‍‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍pretending to be an accomplice and communicating directly with ‍‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‍a suspect by text messaging?