Commonwealth v. Gelfgatt

Docket NumberSJC-11358
Decision Date25 June 2014
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31 cases
  • In re Order Requiring Apple, Inc.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — Eastern District of New York
    • February 29, 2016
    ...of a handwriting exemplar ... even though the subject may face criminal sanctions as a result of his compliance”); Com. v. Gelfgatt, 468 Mass. 512, 11 N.E.3d 605, 612 (2014) (compelling defendant to enter passcode into encrypted computers did not violate the Fifth Amendment right against se......
  • In re Search of [Redacted] Wash.
    • United States
    • U.S. District Court — District of Columbia
    • June 26, 2018
    ...It is pure testimonial production ...."), rev'd on other grounds , 2009 WL 424718 (D. Vt. Feb. 19, 2009) ; Massachusetts v. Gelfgatt , 468 Mass. 512, 11 N.E.3d 605, 614 (2014) ("This is not simply the production of real or physical evidence like a blood sample or a handwriting exemplar. Rat......
  • State v. Andrews
    • United States
    • New Jersey Supreme Court
    • August 10, 2020
    ...because he is not selecting documents and producing them, but merely entering a password into encryption software." 468 Mass. 512, 11 N.E.3d 605, 615 n.14 (2014).The Gelfgatt court thus found authentication immaterial and applied the exception in the context of the issue before it: the pros......
  • Commonwealth v. Jones
    • United States
    • United States State Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Supreme Court
    • March 6, 2019
    ...and art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The Commonwealth argued that under our decision in Commonwealth v. Gelfgatt, 468 Mass. 512, 11 N.E.3d 605 (2014), the act of entering the password would not amount to self-incrimination because the defendant's knowledge of the passwo......
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  • Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Archive Suppressing Criminal Evidence - 2016 Contents
    • August 4, 2016
    ...the defendant’s phone conversations admitting that the incriminating data was on the computer. Similarly in Commonwealth v. Gelfgatt , 11 N.E.3d 605 (Mass. 2014), the court held that because the defendant had already made admissions about using the computer for mortgage transactions that th......
  • Table of cases
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Deposition Objections
    • March 31, 2021
    ...1986), §5:12 Commodity Futures Trading Comm. v. McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. , 507 F.Supp.2d 45 (D.D.C. 2007), §9:41 Commonwealth v. Gelfgatt , 11 N.E.3d 605 (Mass. 2014), §7:02 Commonwealth v. Moyer, 461 A.2d 853 (Pa. Super. 1983), §7:02 Composition Roofers Union Local 30 Welfare Trust Fund v. G......
  • Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Archive Suppressing Criminal Evidence - 2017 Contents
    • August 4, 2017
    ...the defendant’s phone conversations admitting that the incriminating data was on the computer. Similarly in Commonwealth v. Gelfgatt , 11 N.E.3d 605 (Mass. 2014), the court held that because the defendant had already made admissions about using the computer for mortgage transactions that th......
  • Search and seizure of electronic devices
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Suppressing Criminal Evidence Fourth amendment searches and seizures
    • April 1, 2022
    ...8-15 Search and Seizure of Electronic Devices §8:21 the incriminating data was on the computer. Similarly in Commonwealth v. Gelfgatt , 11 N.E.3d 605 (Mass. 2014), the court held that because the defendant had already made admissions about using the computer for mortgage transactions that t......
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