Alderman v. United States
United States Supreme Court
394 U.S. 165 (1969)
Relevant factsFree
Alderman and other defendants were prosecuted using wiretap evidence, and the government conceded one instance of wiretapping was illegal; the defendants argued this illegally obtained evidence should be excluded from their trials regardless of whose Fourth Amendment rights the wiretap actually violated.
IssueFree
Whether a criminal defendant has standing to demand exclusion of evidence obtained in violation of another person's constitutional rights.