COMMONWEALTH v. DORELAS

No. SJC-11793.

473 Mass. 496 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH, vs. DENIS DORELAS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.

January 14, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Dolberg , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

John P. Zanini , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Robert E. McDonnell , John Frank Weaver , Arcangelo S. Cella , Matthew R. Segal , Jessie J. Rossman , & Mason Kortz , for American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Gants, C.J., Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, & Hines, JJ.


In this case we consider whether, where there was probable cause for the issuance of a warrant to search an Apple iPhone,1 the search and seizure of certain photograph files conducted in reliance thereon was reasonable.

The warrant authorized a search of the...

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