Commonwealth v. Cormier

Lu, John T., J.

I.INTRODUCTION

The defendant, Matthew Cormier (Mr. Cormier), is charged with possession of child pornography in violation of G.L.c. 272, §29C. Mr. Cormier seeks to suppress all evidence that the police seized from a computer hard drive that he turned over to Excalibur Data Recovery, Inc. (“Excalibur”) for repair, and evidence seized as a result of the search of his home pursuant to a warrant later obtained.

During three days of hearings, Mr. Cormier has refined his arguments. He concedes, for the purpose of these motions, that the images viewed on the hard drive at Excalibur were…