Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 8/10/2018

Commonwealth v. Cruzado

Citations

103 N.E.3d 732
480 Mass. 275

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finding “ample probable cause to believe that the cell phone located near the defendant would contain evidence of the crime”
finding standing where cellphone seized from individual who was not its owner and subsequently searched
probable cause to search cell phone found next to sleeping defendant, where he had been recently overheard on a cell phone confessing to crime
strong government interest justified ten-day delay in seeking warrant where \police had probable cause to believe that evidence critical to a recent murder was present on the cell phone\
negative answers to questions that did not accuse defendant of criminal activity admissible
minimal possessory interest in cell phone, where defendant disclaimed it belonged to him

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Judges: Gants, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher

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