Katz V. S. Zaira Quiroga Summary

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Katz v. U.S.
Zaira Quiroga
Procedural Criminal Law
06-19-2017

Katz v. U.S.

The case of Katz v. United States began in 1967, when Charles Katz used a public telephone booth in Los Angeles California to call and do illegal gambling bets. Katz used the public phone to place bets with book keepers in Miami and Boston. While Katz was placing the illegal bets over the phone, the FBI was listening and Katz wasn’t aware. The FBI was able to listen to the conversation because the agency tapped that specific phone. Following the recorded conversations, Katz was arrested immediately and taken into custody by the FBI. While arrested Katz said the police had violated his rights as an American citizen, he claimed that the FBI and the Los Angeles police department disrupted his privacy rights. The right to privacy requires all government authorities to protect the privacy of American citizens because of these rights the case of Katz v United States is regarded as groundbreaking and unique. …show more content…

The court of appeals affirmed the conviction and held that the petitioners Fourth Amendment rights were not violated because there was no physical intrusion into the phone booth. The Katz v United States trial was decided on December 18, 1967. The case was heard in the Supreme Court of the United States. In Katz v United States the United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of Katz, stating that Katz Fourth Amendment rights were violated because he had a reasonable expectation of privacy in the phone booth. The right is expressed in the Fourth Amendment to the United States constitution. The United States Supreme Court stated that the use of a public phone is private in nature. When an individual is making a call, no government agency is allowed to listen to the call unless they have secure probable cause or evidence that points to illegal

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