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THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT IS SOLICITING AMICUS BRIEFS OR MEMORANDA FROM INTERESTED PARTIES IN THE FOLLOWING MATTER PENDING BEFORE THE COURT

ARGUMENT IS  TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2010
AMICUS SUBMISSIONS ARE DUE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 15, 2010

SJC-10599
Commonwealth v. Jose Lopez

 
The issue presented is whether police officers were authorized to make a warrantless entry into a motel room; whether the Commonwealth established that the officers had a reasonable belief that the unidentified woman who answered the door, who was unknown to the police and whose relationship to the premises or the supposed occupant of the room or to the actual occupants of the room was unknown, had apparent authority to consent to the officers' entry.

Interested parties may file their briefs in the Office of the Clerk for the Commonwealth, John Adams Courthouse, Suite 1-400, Pemberton Square, Boston MA 02108-1724 (Telephone 617-557-1020). Parties filing amicus briefs are expected to comply with the requirements of Rules 17, 19 and 20 of Mass. Rules of Appellate Procedure. Amicus briefs, to assist the court, should focus on the ramifications of a decision and not solely on the interests of the parties filing such briefs.

December 4, 2009