Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Francisco F.
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 13, 2019No. 18-P-904Published
1Opinion of the Court
Having obtained leave from a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court, see Mass. R. Crim. P. 15 (a) (2), 474 Mass. 1501 (2016), the Commonwealth appeals from an order of a judge in the Dorchester Division of the Suffolk Juvenile Court Department that allowed the juvenile's motion to suppress evidence obtained by police in a warrantless search. We affirm.
Background.2 In August, 2016, during the weekend of the Caribbean festival, Boston police were monitoring the movements of two alleged gangs in the area of Supple Road. Officer Thomas Bernier, a member of the department's youth violence…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MontanezMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Commonwealth v. AmendolaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Commonwealth v. MubdiMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Commonwealth v. CarterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
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