Opinion ID: 3010644
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 5

Heading: Illegal Monitoring of Conversations

Text: Riddick claims that the district court erred in denying his motion to suppress all electronic surveillance on two grounds. We review the district court's factual findings for clear error and exercise plenary review of the legal issues involved. Inigo, 925 F.2d at 656. First, he argues that the government illegally intercepted his telephone conversation before obtaining a court order on December 10, 1993, authorizing surveillance. Riddick has failed to produce any credible evidence of Government misconduct. Rather, the Government's alleged premature monitoring of conversations consisted solely of information from courtauthorized pen registers5 on Riley's telephone, which showed a clear pattern of calls to the pagers and telephones of co-conspirators such as Riddick. The pen registers also showed that after dialing a telephone or pager number, the caller then entered certain additional numbers indicating _________________________________________________________________ 4. Riddick had modified the third floor of 1106 1/2 Tilgham Street, expanding it into space formerly belonging to 1108 Tilgham Street. Riddick's alterations, however, permanently made the extra space part of 1106 1/2 Tilgham by eliminating access to the bedroom from 1108 Tilgham. Therefore, the agents properly searched the space under the authority of the warrant. 5. A pen register is a device which records or decodes electronic or other impulses which identify the numbers dialed or otherwise transmitted on the telephone line to which such device is attached. 18 U.S.C. S 3127 (1994); see also In re Grand Jury Proceedings, 654 F.2d 268, 277 n.13 (3d Cir. 1981). 7 the price, drug quantity, or code to identify the customer.6 Second, Riddick alleges that the Government intercepted a call on December 14, 1993, originating on Riddick's mobile phone without court authorization. The evidence shows, however, that the Government monitored the telephone call as part of the court-authorized wiretap of Riley's home telephone. The Government produced direct testimony about the monitoring of this call as part of the Riley wiretap, and the original pen register tape showing that call originated from Riley's home telephone. As none of Riddick's contentions have merit, we affirm the conviction.