Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Leone
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 26, 1982PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
This is an interlocutory appeal by the Commonwealth, which objects to the suppression of certain evidence in a criminal proceeding in a District Court. The issues posed are whether the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution affects the admissibility of evidence discovered by a special police officer privately employed as a plant security guard, and if so, whether the officer’s conduct constituted an unreasonable search and seizure. We conclude that the Fourth Amendment does apply, but that the officer’s private function may affect the constitutionality of his conduct. Further,…
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