Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Long

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided August 17, 2009PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.

This appeal concerns a wiretap on a telephone in a visitation booth at the Norfolk County house of correction (jail) pursuant to a warrant issued under G. L. c. 272, § 99 E and I. Late in the evening on January 9, 2006, two perpetrators shot Jamal Vaughn to death and absconded. The police investigation immediately focused on the defendant, Deryck Long. On January 10, 2006, Long was arrested in connection with several outstanding warrants and arraigned for Vaughn’s murder the following day. On January 12, 2006, investigators determined that more than one shooter had shot Vaughn.

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Franks v. DelawareSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. VitelloMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. O'DayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
  4. United States v. Arthur W. RumneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
  5. Commonwealth v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990

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3Cited by30 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. EstabrookMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
  2. Commonwealth v. Humberto H.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  3. Commonwealth v. RousseauMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
  4. Commonwealth v. LongMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017
  5. Commonwealth v. TapiaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2012

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