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COMMONWEALTH v. PORTER P.

SJC-10383.

456 Mass. 254 (2010)

COMMONWEALTH v. PORTER P., a juvenile.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 11, 2010.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Corbo (Rachel A. Scotch with him) for the juvenile.

Kathleen Celio, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Beth L. Eisenberg, Committee for Public Counsel Services, & John Reinstein, Joshua Dohan, Barbara T. Kaban, & Gloria Y. Tan for Committee for Public Counsel Services & others.

Ruth A. Bourquin for Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless & another.

David M. Siegel & Lawrence Friedman for Suffolk Lawyers for Justice, Inc.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, CORDY, BOTSFORD, & GANTS, JJ.

GANTS, J.

The Commonwealth was granted leave to appeal from an order entered in the Juvenile Court suppressing a gun seized by the police during a search of a room in a transitional family shelter occupied by the juvenile and a statement that he made after his arrest. Having been notified by the shelter's director that the juvenile allegedly possessed a gun, the police officers determined that the director had the authority to consent to their entry and conducted...

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