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COMMONWEALTH v. STARR

No. 00-P-1061.

55 Mass. App. Ct. 590 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH v. BARRY W. STARR

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Worcester.

August 16, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund F. Chojnowski for the defendant.

Sandra L. Hautanen, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Present: JACOBS, MASON, & KANTROWITZ, JJ.

JACOBS, J.

We hold that the operator of a motor vehicle has no reasonable expectation of privacy in a "number plate" that is required by law1 to be "displayed conspicuously" on that vehicle. The context of our decision follows.

After a District Court bench trial, the defendant was convicted under G. L. c. 90, § 23, of operating a motor vehicle after the revocation of his...

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