Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. F.W.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 24, 2013PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Ireland, CJ.
This case concerns whether the adult half-sister, Carrie,1 of a mute and autistic2 minor child (victim) could vicariously consent under Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, 18 U.S.C. § 2511(2)(d) (2006) (Federal wiretap statute), to the victim’s oral communications being intercepted by means of an audiovisual recording3 intended to gather evidence that the victim’s grandfather, the defendant, was sexually abusing her.4 After being indicted on charges of enticement of a child under the age of sixteen, G. L. c. 265, § 26C; *3indecent assault and battery…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Payton v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Troxel v. GranvilleSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Globe Newspaper Co. v. Superior Court, County of NorfolkSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Glenn A. Griffin v. Cristie J. GriffinSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2014
- The People v. Anthony BadalamentiNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
- In re Macmackin Nominee Realty TrustMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2019
- People v. Trever P. (In re Trever P.), California Court of Appeal, 5th District2017
- The People v. Anthony BadalamentiNew York Court of Appeals · 2016
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