Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Ennis
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 27, 2003PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The issue in this interlocutory appeal is whether an audiotape recording by the Department of Correction (department) of a three-way telephone conversation among *65an inmate at the Plymouth County house of correction, the defendant and a codefendant must be suppressed pursuant to G. L. c. 272, § 99 P,1 where the inmate and the codefendant knew that the conversation was being recorded, but the defendant did not. We conclude that the recording need not be suppressed.
1. Background. On February 22, 2000, a grand jury in Plymouth County returned an indictment against the defendant, Demetrius Ennis,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BloodMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
- Gilday v. DuboisCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Cacicio v. Secretary of Public SafetyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Commonwealth v. JacksonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
- Commonwealth v. SantoroMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Glik v. CunniffeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2011
- Commonwealth v. BoyarskyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2008
- Commonwealth v. TavaresMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2011
- Commonwealth v. EnnisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
- Commonwealth v. MoodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2013
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