COMMONWEALTH v. JEANNIS

No. SJC-12630.

482 Mass. 355 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. STANLEY JEANNIS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 24, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ian MacLean , Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Jane Larmon White for the defendant.

Present: GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.


During a lawful strip search of the defendant following his arrest, police officers observed a plastic bag protruding from the cleft between his buttocks and caused him to remove it; it was revealed to contain individually wrapped plastic bags of both heroin and cocaine. The issue presented in this case is whether the removal of the...

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