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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 3/26/2019

Commonwealth v. Johnson

Citations

  • 119 N.E.3d 669
  • 481 Mass. 710

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  • \GPS location data yields a treasure trove of very detailed and extensive information about the individual's 'comings and goings' for law enforcement\ [quotation and citation omitted]
  • probationer subject to GPS monitoring \would certainly objectively understand . . . that police would have access to this location information for th[e] purpose [of determining compliance with probation conditions]\
  • \law enforcement's use of a probationer's GPS location data for investigatory purposes\ does not constitute search in constitutional sense as probationers have \no reasonable expectation of privacy in this data\
  • \we must analyze the constitutionality of both the initial imposition of GPS monitoring for the purposes of probation and the police's subsequent review of the historical GPS location data for investigatory purposes\
  • \a probationer subject to GPS monitoring as a condition of probation would certainly objectively understand that his or her location would be recorded and monitored to determine compliance with the conditions of probation\
  • similarly recognizing that “privacy rights cannot be left at the mercy of advancing technology but rather must be preserved and protected as new technologies are adopted and applied by law enforcement” (quotation omitted)

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Judges: Gants, Lenk, Gaziano, Lowy, Budd, Cypher, Kafker

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