Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 9/28/2016

Commonwealth v. White

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475 Mass. 583
59 N.E.3d 369

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concluding that those circumstances were insufficient to support a determination of probable cause
affirming suppression of evidence where only connection between fatal armed robbery and defendant's cellphone was affiant's assertion cellphones are \necessary to social interactions\
seizure justified where police have substantial basis for concluding that item seized contains evidence connected to crime under investigation
officer's opinion that coventurers communicate with cell phones not sufficient to establish probable cause to search
\the government must demonstrate a nexus between the crime alleged and the article to be searched or seized\ [quotations and citation omitted]
evidence of suspect's location a component of probable cause analysis if it would be helpful in proving crime

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Judges: Gants, Spina, Cordy, Botsford, Duffly, Lenk, Hines

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