Commonwealth v. Considine

We consider in this case whether private school officials are agents of the State and thus bound by the constitu*296tional prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures. The question arises in the context of motions to suppress. The three defendants — Keith Considine, Caleb Tripp, and Jeffrey Rogers — were charged in the Northern Berkshire Division of the District Court Department with one count each of possession of a class B substance, possession of a class D substance, and being a minor in possession of alcohol. Each filed a motion to suppress evidence found in the hotel room in which…