COMMONWEALTH v. BLOOD


400 Mass. 61 (1987)

507 N.E.2d 1029

COMMONWEALTH vs. JAMES BLOOD (and three companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

May 20, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Federico, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for James Blood.

Michael P. Cole for Ernest Lorenzen.

Robert J. Bender, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The defendants, James Blood and Ernest Lorenzen, were found guilty of conspiracy to break and enter a building and conspiracy to commit larceny. They assign as error the denial of their motions to suppress evidence gathered through warrantless electronic surveillance.2 They argue inter alia that, if suppression was not mandated by G.L.c. 272, § 99 (1984 ed.), the Massachusetts communications interception statute, suppression...

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