COMMONWEALTH v. LaFRANCE


402 Mass. 789 (1988)

525 N.E.2d 379

COMMONWEALTH vs. ALDINA LaFRANCE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 11, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis D. Coffin for the defendant.

Cynthia A. Vincent, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & NOLAN, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

A judge in the Superior Court required as a special condition of the defendant's probation that, while on probation, she submit to a search of herself, her possessions, and any place where she may be, with or without a search warrant, on request of a probation officer. The defendant challenges that special condition on State and Federal constitutional grounds because it authorizes a blanket search without a warrant.

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