HB899 - Interception of communications; authorize sheriffs to use devices for with approval of DA and circuit court judge.
Jeffery Harness
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
An Act To Authorize Sheriffs To Use Electronic And Mechanical Devices For The Interception Of Wire, Oral And Other Communications; To Define Certain Terms; To Authorize The District Attorney, Upon Request Of A Sheriff, To Apply To The Circuit Court In The Sheriff's County For An Order Authorizing The Interception Of Communications That May Provide Evidence Of The Commission Of A Felony; To Prescribe The Form And Required Contents Of An Application To The Circuit Court For An Order Authorizing Interception Of Communications; To Prescribe Certain Findings That Must Be Made By A Circuit Court Judge Before Entering An Order Authorizing The Interception; To Require The Contents Of Intercepted Communications To Be Recorded And To Be Made Available To The Judge And Placed Under Seal; To Require The Circuit Court Judge To Place Applications And Orders To Intercept Communications Under Seal; To Declare The Contents Of Intercepted Communications That Are Disclosed In Violation Of This Act To Be Inadmissible In Court; To Specify The Purposes For Which, And To Whom, Intercepted Communications May Be Disclosed; To Amend Section 41-29-507, Mississippi Code Of 1972, In Conformity To The Provisions Of This Act; And For Related Purposes.
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