Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 11/20/1989

Commonwealth v. Lykus

Citations

546 N.E.2d 159
406 Mass. 135
1989 Mass. LEXIS 355

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assessing whether police had reasonable suspicion to order wiretap to hold that motion to suppress would have been unsuccessful
kidnapping ransom note written in first-person plural “we” allowed the inference “that a group was behind the kidnapping”
ransom note referred to more than one kidnapper and indicated awareness that victim’s parents had contacted police, and nature of kidnapping “len[t] itself to inferences of discipline and organization”
“[T]he police lacked ... a clear picture of the players involved in the kidnapping”
defense counsel did not request imposition of concurrent sentences
group of suspects commit kidnapping for ransom

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Judges: Liacos, Wilkins, Nolan, Lynch

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