GPS warrant supported by probable cause; passenger has standing to challenge surveillance; probation condition limiting computer access unconstitutionally broad; convictions affirmed with probation modification.
Murder conviction affirmed where three attacks on family members were properly joined for trial and ammunition seized from defendant's apartment was admissible under inevitable discovery.
Murder defendant's statement to police in Portuguese was admissible where Miranda warnings, though initially deficient on appointed counsel, were clarified before defendant's statement and defendant demonstrated understanding.
Second Amendment challenge to Massachusetts statute permanently disqualifying juveniles adjudicated delinquent for felonies from obtaining firearm licenses. Affirmed.
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Private party cannot seek civil rescission of municipal action under ethics law without State Ethics Commission finding of violation and municipal agency's request for rescission.
Affirmed convictions for indecent assault, assault with intent to kill, assault with intent to maim, and assault by dangerous weapon. Rejected challenges to jury instructions, victim character evidence, and claim of duplicative convictions.
Priest-penitent privilege does not protect communications when defendant sought pastor's help contacting victim's family to settle abuse case, violating restraining order.
Appeal from summary judgment dismissing contract and tort claims based on one-year contractual limitations period. Court vacates, finding contractual provision unenforceable because it precludes discovery rule.