CA - For the second time in less than six months, defense attorneys are crying foul over the placement of hidden recording devices outside Bay Area courthouses.
Lawyers for a group of real estate professionals facing antitrust charges on Wednesday asked the judge overseeing the case to toss evidence gained from recording devices located outside the Alameda and Contra Costa County courthouses.
"The government's unauthorized use of recording devices to capture private conversations at the Alameda and Contra Costa County courthouses violated the defendants' Fourth Amendment rights to be secure against unreasonable searches and seizures," defense lawyers wrote in U.S. v Marr, 14-580. more
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