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COMMONWEALTH v. THORPE

384 Mass. 271 (1981)

424 N.E.2d 250

COMMONWEALTH vs. FRANCIS THORPE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

August 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. McCormick, III, for the defendant.

Frederick W. Riley, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commonwealth.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, WILKINS, LIACOS, & NOLAN, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

This case involves the construction of the Massachusetts communications interception statute, G.L.c. 272, § 99, as appearing in St. 1968, c. 738, § 1. Prior to trial in the Superior Court on the charge of corrupting a municipal official under G.L.c. 268A, § 2 (a) (2), the defendant Francis Thorpe moved, pursuant to G.L.c. 272, § 99 P, to suppress certain tape recordings of conversations between himself and the Commonwealth...

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