Emelio E. v. Commonwealth

The juvenile, who has been charged with certain sex offenses by complaint in the Juvenile Court, filed a petition in the county court pursuant to G. L. c. 211, § 3. In the petition, he seeks relief from an order of a Juvenile Court judge imposing, pursuant to G. L. c. 265, § 47 (§ 47), a requirement that he wear a global positioning system (GPS) device as a mandatory condition of his release on probation pending trial.1 A single justice reserved and reported the case to the full court. For reasons set forth in our decision in Commonwealth v. Raposo, ante 739, 740 (2009) (Raposo), we conclude…