COMMONWEALTH v. SHIPPS

Nos. 18-P-944 & 18-P-945.

97 Mass. App. Ct. 32 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH v. GEORGE SHIPPS.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 7, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric A. Haskell , Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

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

Present: MALDONADO, McDONOUGH, & ENGLANDER, JJ.


In this appeal, we address the constitutionality of a cell phone search conducted by a probation officer pursuant to a condition of probation. The condition was imposed following the defendant's guilty pleas to child pornography crimes committed while using an electronic device, namely, a computer. It authorized the probation department...

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