Commonwealth v. Morrison

I agree with the majority that we should reverse the order of the lower court. However, I am unable to join the majority’s opinion, for I am unable to discern from it by what rule the majority would determine the propriety of police deception. In its most obvious interpretation, the opinion seems to say that the only limits on police deception *464are that the deception must not amount to “force or other coercion.” See in particular Majority at 1380, 1381 n.l. This proposition, however, is so plainly contrary to settled law that one must ask whether perhaps the opinion is not intended to mean…