Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dorelas
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 14, 2016No. SJC 11793PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
In this case we consider whether, where there was probable cause for the issuance of a warrant to search an Apple *497iPhone,1 the search and seizure of certain photograph files conducted in reliance thereon was reasonable.
The warrant authorized a search of the defendant’s iPhone for evidence of communications that would link him and another suspect to a shooting that occurred in the Hyde Park section of Boston. The search tool used to extract data from the iPhone was programmed to extract not only contact lists and text messages (texts), but also photographs. Among the photographs extracted and…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Riley v. Cal. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 2014
- United States v. George WuagneuxCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
- United States v. William M. Percival, Carolyn Allen Percival, Randy L. Middleton, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- United States v. BurgessCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2009
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WhiteMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. BroomMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Commonwealth v. HobbsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2019
- Commonwealth v. RobertsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- State v. MansorWashington County Circuit Court, Oregon · 2016
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