{"id":2186,"date":"2020-03-31T05:32:49","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T09:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2186"},"modified":"2020-03-31T15:50:33","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T19:50:33","slug":"massachusetts-possession-of-child-pornography-case-before-sjc-to-turn-on-whether-warrant-is-stale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-possession-of-child-pornography-case-before-sjc-to-turn-on-whether-warrant-is-stale\/","title":{"rendered":"Massachusetts Possession of Child Pornography case before SJC to turn on whether Warrant is Stale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in a case that addresses the issue of when a warrant is stale in the case of an alleged seizure of child pornography from a defendant\u2019s computer.\u00a0 The case of Commonwealth v. Robert Guastucci, argued on March 5, 2020 raised this issue before the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.<\/p>\n<p>A warrant under the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights may only issue on probable cause.\u00a0 The information contained in the warrant must be based on facts closely related in time to the issues raised in the warrant to justify probable cause.\u00a0 The Massachusetts SJC has looked to two particular factors in evaluating whether a warrant is stale:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The age of the facts;<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/massachusetts-possession-of-child-pornography-case-before-sjc-to-turn-on-whether-warrant-is-stale\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Massachusetts Possession of Child Pornography case before SJC to turn on whether Warrant is Stale\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court heard oral argument in a case that addresses the issue of when a warrant is stale in the case of an alleged seizure of child pornography from a defendant\u2019s computer.\u00a0 The case of Commonwealth v. 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