Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Molina

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided February 7, 2017No. SJC 12022PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBotsford, J.

The defendant, Josué Molina, appeals from his child pornography convictions under G. L. c. 272, §§ 29B and 29C, on three grounds. First, he argues that the search warrant for the apartment in which he was living was overbroad as to places and things to be searched. We disagree, concluding that the search warrant was appropriately particularized. Second, the defendant challenges the validity of the administrative subpoena that issued under G. L. c. 271, § 17B, for Internet service records; he argues that the subpoena, to be constitutional, could only be issued based on a showing of probable…

2Cases cited48 opinions

  1. Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  3. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  4. Zurcher v. Stanford DailySupreme Court of the United States · 1978
  5. Massachusetts v. OakesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989

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3Cited by6 opinions

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  5. Commonwealth v. PerkinsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2017

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