DEP properly approved seasonal kayak storage on a degraded coastal dune where strict performance standards would be met through replanting and monitoring over three years.
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Off-duty trooper's delivery of citation to defendant two days after violation, at end of trooper's first shift after returning to work, was timely under General Laws c. 90C, § 2.
Defendant's statements during field sobriety test attempt were admissible because they resulted from his voluntary participation, not governmental compulsion, despite being testimonial.
Affirmed conviction for child rape. Therapist's testimony did not improperly vouch for victim's credibility. Rape shield statute precluded evidence of victim's pregnancy at disclosure.
Retailers cannot claim bad debt tax relief when a third-party bank extends credit and absorbs defaults, leaving the retailers unharmed.
Massachusetts Wage Act applies to nonresident employee based on choice-of-law analysis examining totality of employment relationship contacts with Massachusetts.
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Victim's statements identifying the defendant as his shooter were admissible as excited utterances and dying declarations despite confrontation clause concerns.
Defendant's notice of intent to offer mental-state expert testimony waives privilege and permits prosecution's expert to access defendant's medical and psychiatric treatment records.
