Commonwealth v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-042-18)
Court upheld witness intimidation conviction, holding District Court had jurisdiction where victim was potential witness. Affirmed conviction and sentencing.
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Brown v. Woods Mullen Shelter/Boston Public Health Commission (Lawyers Weekly No. 09-001-17)
Court dismissed negligence claims for failure to present to executive officer as required by tort claims act. Civil rights claims under medical marijuana possession and equal protection survived summary judgment.
Commonwealth v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-151-17)
Defendant supplied gun and hooded sweatshirts to accomplices planning armed robbery and home invasion. Though not present when accomplices fatally shot two victims, defendant convicted of felony-murder. Court reduced convictions to second-degree murder as more just.
Commonwealth v. Brown (Lawyers weekly No. 11-039-17)
Defendant convicted of unlawfully possessing a loaded firearm requires proof defendant knew the gun was loaded.
Brown, et al. v. Kalicki, et al. (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-153-16)
Accreted beachfront acquired by littoral owners automatically becomes registered land upon formation, shielding it from prescriptive easement claims by nonowners.
Brown v. Office of the Commissioner of Probation (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-161-16)
Sovereign immunity bars postjudgment interest on discrimination damages against public employers unless statute expressly or necessarily waives such immunity.
Commonwealth v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-086-16)
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant waived Miranda rights voluntarily and jailhouse recordings corroborated consciousness of guilt.
Brown v. Office of the Commissioner of Probation (Lawyers Weekly No. 11-086-15)
Commonwealth not liable for postjudgment interest on punitive damages in employment discrimination case, despite being subject to the statute.
Commonwealth v. Brown (and a companion case) (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-020-15)
Double jeopardy does not bar retrial where the jury's initial verdicts were too ambiguous to establish a clear acquittal on premeditation theory.
Commonwealth v. Brown (Lawyers Weekly No. 10-203-13)
Juvenile convicted of murder in first degree sentenced to life without parole under mandatory scheme. Court applies severability doctrine rather than creating new procedures, resulting in life with parole eligibility after fifteen years.