Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Hyde
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 13, 2001PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
This case raises the issue whether a motorist may be prosecuted for violating the Massachusetts electronic surveillance statute, G. L. c. 272, § 99, for secretly tape recording statements made by police officers during a routine traffic stop. A jury in the District Court convicted the defendant on four *595counts of a complaint charging him with unlawfully intercepting the oral communications of another, in violation of G. L. c. 272, § 99 F. The defendant appealed, and we granted his application for direct appellate review. We conclude that G. L. c. 272, § 99, strictly prohibits the secret…
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