Commonwealth v. Doe

This case is the latest in a string of cases calling on us to decide the reach of G. L. c. 265, § 47, which provides in relevant part, “Any person who is placed on probation for any offense listed within the definition of ‘sex offense,’ ... as defined in [G. L. c. 6, § 178C,] shall, as a requirement of any term of probation, wear a global positioning system device ... at all times for the length of his probation for any such offense.” Most recently, in Commonwealth v. Hanson H., 464 Mass. 807, 808 (2013), we determined that the Legislature did not intend this statute to apply to juveniles who…