Legal Question in Criminal Law in Iowa

defendent was in jail. Alleged victim was subpoenaed and didnt show up.

no threats no intimidation had occured. however there had been jail recordings of their discussion about the subpoeona and what she was going to do about the case. There was no no contact order in place,in fact it was lifted. Is this designed for a wrong doing of my 6th amendment ? and if so how?


Asked on 10/11/09, 5:46 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Robert Luedeman solo practitioner

Nice try, but no. There's no reasonable expectation of privacy in a jail house. You have to expect that you're being eavesdropped in some way or another.

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Answered on 10/11/09, 11:58 pm


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