U.S. v. Giordano, No. 72-1057 (U.S. Supreme Court) (416 U.S. 505; 94 S.Ct. 1820) (May 13, 1974) (Justice White)
The Court explained that the purpose of the necessity requirement is to ensure that surrepitious interception of communications is undertaken with restraint and not "routinely employed as the initial step in a criminal investigation." (Id., at 515).
This case involved a motion to suppress evidence because the authority for the ...
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