COMMONWEALTH v. CHISM

SJC-11939.

476 Mass. 171 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH v. PHILIP CHISM & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 4, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Albano ( Emma D. Hall with him) for Boston Globe Media Partners, LLC.

Patrick Levin , Committee for Public Counsel Services, for the defendant.

Zachary C. Kleinsasser , for Eagle Tribune Publishing Company, Inc., was present but did not argue.

Present: GANTS, C.J., BOTSFORD, HINES, GAZIANO, & BUDD, JJ.


The issue on appeal is whether a Superior Court judge committed an error of law or abused his discretion in denying a defendant's motion to impound a video recording and transcript of a police interview with the defendant that was the subject of a motion to suppress and that was subsequently suppressed. We conclude that the judge applied...

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