Commonwealth v. Chadwick

Lu, John T., J.

INTRODUCTION

The defendant, Jonathan Chadwick (Mr. Chadwick), is charged with assault and battery by means of a dangerous weapon and aggravated assault and batteiy. Mr. Chadwick moves to suppress recordings (Jailhouse Recordings) of telephone calls he made while awaiting trial in the custody of the Essex County Sheriffs Department (Sheriffs Department) at the Essex County Correctional Facility in Middleton, Massachusetts (Middleton).1 Mr. Chadwick contends that the Jailhouse Recordings were obtained in violation of his state and federal constitutional rights to be free from…