Appeals Court affirmed convictions for resisting arrest and drug possession. Defendant failed to preserve funding-for-investigator claim, excessive-force instruction was properly refused, and container search was reasonable.
Sufficient evidence supported constructive possession conviction where defendant was primary apartment occupant, cocaine sat openly on coffee table, and items suggested distribution.
Defendant convicted of operating vehicle without ignition interlock device. Appeals Court reversed, holding revoked license cannot simultaneously carry restrictions.
Juvenile's 1988 rape conviction upheld despite claim trial counsel was ineffective for not requesting de novo jury trial available under then-existing two-tiered system.
Breaking and entering conviction affirmed; malicious destruction of property conviction reversed where damage was incidental to theft rather than motivated by malice.
Appeals Court upholds arbitration award reinstating officer terminated for off-duty incident with teenagers, applying deferential standard of review to arbitrator's factual findings.
Defendant held in custody did not voluntarily absent himself from critical suppression hearing; trial judge abused discretion finding waiver when counsel objected; deprivation harmless error analysis does not apply.
Affirmed in part, remanded in part. Court upheld adoption plan and denied postadoption parental visitation but required judge to establish formal sibling visitation schedule.
Father sought to modify Florida child support order in Massachusetts. Court held duration of support cannot be modified contrary to issuing state's law.
Contract claim against University of Massachusetts dismissed as untimely under three-year statute of limitations applicable to Commonwealth suits, despite sealed instrument status.
