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NO. SJC-10824 PURSUANT TO GLC 211, 5 3 FROM ... - Mass Cases

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is to protect personal privacy and dignity against<br />

unwarranted intrusion by the state); California v*<br />

Hodari, 499 U.S. 621 (199lj(.Seizure of pers6n); and<br />

Virginia v. Moore , 553 "U. S. - (2008)(T€i-'-.F&rth . '<br />

Amendment protects against unreasonable seizures<br />

of a person). Also see Commonwealth V. Blood, 200<br />

<strong>Mass</strong>. 1, 68 (1987)(Art 14 expectation of privacy);<br />

and Guiney v. Police Comm'r of Boston, 421 <strong>Mass</strong>.<br />

328 (1991)(Art. 14 expectation of privacy of one's<br />

body in urine or blood samples).<br />

Therefore, where Aldrich was - not a convicted<br />

sex offender, pursuant to G.L.c. 265, 5 47, the<br />

actions of the government in attaching a GPS device<br />

to ALdrich's body, "through means intentionally<br />

I, II<br />

applied, Brower, supra at 597, constituted a<br />

It<br />

seizure, Connolly, supra at 823, and where the<br />

government continuously tracked, monitored and<br />

recorded and stored the date on Aldrich's movements<br />

and activities, Raposo, supra at 739, constituted<br />

If<br />

an unreasonable search,'' Connolly, supra at 818-<br />

816, in violation of Aldrich's fundamental consti-<br />

tutional rights under the Fourth Amendment to the<br />

United States Constitution and Art. 14 of the<br />

<strong>Mass</strong>achusetts Declaration of Rights. See Commonwealth<br />

V. Goodwin, 458 <strong>Mass</strong>. 11, 22 (2010)(FPS tracking is<br />

I,<br />

far greater intrusion on the defendant's liberty").<br />

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