Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. PORTER P.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 2010No. SJC-10383PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGants, J.
The Commonwealth was granted leave to appeal from an order entered in the Juvenile Court suppressing a gun seized by the police during a search of a room in a transitional family shelter occupied by the juvenile and a statement that he made after his arrest. Having been notified by the shelter’s director that the juvenile allegedly possessed a gun, the police officers determined that the director had the authority to consent to their entry and conducted a warrantless search of the juvenile’s room with her consent. After the police found the gun, the juvenile made an unprompted inculpatory…
2Cases cited92 opinions
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Schneckloth v. BustamonteSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Rakas v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. GrayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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