Commonwealth v. Jones

Docket NumberSJC-12564
Decision Date06 March 2019

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10 cases
  • Commonwealth v. Shipps
    • United States
    • Appeals Court of Massachusetts
    • February 7, 2020
    ...318 (2017) (digital cameras); Commonwealth v. McDermott, 448 Mass. [at] 776, 864 N.E.2d 471 ... (computers)." Commonwealth v. Jones, 481 Mass. 540, 549 n.11, 117 N.E.3d 702 (2019) (remanding for entry of order compelling defendant to enter password into cell phone for which Commonwealth had......
  • State v. Andrews
    • United States
    • New Jersey Supreme Court
    • August 10, 2020
    ...decryption seeks only the password. See, e.g., State v. Stahl, 206 So. 3d 124, 133 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2016) ; Commonwealth v. Jones, 481 Mass. 540, 117 N.E.3d 702, 714 (2019) ; see also United States v. Apple MacPro Comput., 851 F.3d 238, 248 n.7 (3d Cir. 2017) (suggesting without decidin......
  • Seo v. State
    • United States
    • Indiana Supreme Court
    • June 23, 2020
    ...knell for a constitutional protection against compelled self-incrimination in the digital age." Commonwealth v. Jones , 481 Mass. 540, 117 N.E.3d 702, 724 (2019) (Lenk, J., concurring); see also Davis , 220 A.3d at 549 ("[T]o apply the foregone conclusion rationale in these circumstances wo......
  • State v. Pittman
    • United States
    • Oregon Supreme Court
    • January 28, 2021
    ...of the passcode, his possession and control of the phone's passcode, and the passcode's authenticity."); Commonwealth v. Jones , 481 Mass. 540, 551, 117 N.E.3d 702, 713, cert. den. , ––– U.S. ––––, 140 S. Ct. 545, 205 L. Ed. 2d. 345 (2019) (explaining that the Massachusetts Constitution "re......
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5 books & journal articles
  • A CONSTELLATION OF CONSTITUTIONS: DISCOVERING & EMBRACING STATE CONSTITUTIONS AS GUARDIANS OF CIVIL LIBERTIES.
    • United States
    • Albany Law Review No. 2019, June 2019
    • June 22, 2019
    ...much of a cell phone police may search, incident to arrest and without a warrant, under the Fourth Amendment); Commonwealth v. Jones, 117 N.E.3d 702, 706, 709-16 (Mass. 2019) (addressing whether the state's constitutional right against self-incrimination protects a defendant from being comp......
  • Search and seizure of electronic devices
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Archive Suppressing Criminal Evidence - 2020 Contents
    • July 31, 2020
    ...(N.D. CA), the court held that the government’s burden of proof was clear and convincing evidence. However, in Commonwealth v. Jones , 117 N.E.3d 702 (Mass. 2019), the Massachusetts Supreme Court held this is a requirement under its state constitution. SEARCH & SEIZURE: ELECTRONIC DEVICES §......
  • Search and seizure of electronic devices
    • United States
    • James Publishing Practical Law Books Suppressing Criminal Evidence Fourth amendment searches and seizures
    • April 1, 2022
    ...(N.D. CA), the court held that the government’s burden of proof was clear and convincing evidence. However, in Commonwealth v. Jones , 117 N.E.3d 702 (Mass. 2019), the Massachusetts Supreme Court held that under its state constitution, the government must prove the evidence beyond a reasona......
  • Locked Out or Locked Up: The Need for New Guidelines for Compelled Decryption.
    • United States
    • Suffolk University Law Review Vol. 55 No. 2, March 2022
    • March 22, 2022
    ...(claiming police rely heavily on digital evidence to learn about victims and suspects); Commonwealth v. Jones, 117 N.E.3d 702, 722 n.1 (Mass. 2019) (Lenk, J., concurring) (noting lawful government seizure of encrypted devices faces challenges); Rob Lekowski, What Lawyers Need to Know About ......
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