Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Cory
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 18, 2009PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.
General Laws c. 265, § 47, inserted by St. 2006, c. 308, § 8 (§ 47), requires any person who is “placed on probation” after conviction of a designated sex offense to wear a global positioning system (GPS) tracking device for the dura*560tion of his or her probation.1 In March, 2008, a judge in the Superior Court ruled that this statute applied to the defendant, and entered an order modifying the terms of the defendant’s probationary sentence to require that he wear a GPS device during his probation. The defendant appealed, and we granted his application for direct appellate review. We conclude…
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