Appeals Court reverses juvenile delinquency adjudication for unlawful weapons possession, holding police lacked reasonable suspicion to pat-frisk car passenger despite 911 report of armed males in area.
Appeals Court holds police officers entitled to qualified and common-law immunity after shooting armed suspect who fired at them, ruling that video evidence contradicting plaintiff's testimony controls at summary judgment.
Appeals Court holds DALA may hear appeal challenging EOHHS's interpretation of its own regulation and did not abuse discretion in declining to dismiss for failure to prosecute after 20-year delay.
Appeals Court affirmed stalking and witness intimidation convictions in an eleven-year harassment case, holding police searches of electronic devices fell within warrant scope and that a swastika-marked photo mailed to a witness constituted a true threat.
Appeals Court holds that defendant's own testimony that victim was his girlfriend of seven years rendered harmless any Confrontation Clause violation in admitting victim's statements to police.
The SJC vacated a murder conviction after the Commonwealth introduced gunshot residue particles below the scientific threshold as proof the defendant fired a weapon, without showing that such subthreshold evidence reliably supported that inference.
An equally divided Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed suppression of a firearm found during an inventory search, leaving unresolved whether police must consider alternatives before impounding an unregistered vehicle when the driver is not under arrest.
Supreme Judicial Court affirms dismissal of Marshfield's challenge to MBTA Communities Act, holding that the town failed to plead an unfunded mandate and lacks standing to assert voting rights claims.
Appeals Court affirmed rape convictions and unimpounded briefs in case with pre-J.F. acquittal, holding judge did not abuse discretion in denying mistrial after victim blurted inadmissible testimony and parties failed to show good cause for impoundment.
Appeals Court holds 2012 Alimony Reform Act inapplicable to 2000 prenup establishing indefinite alimony duty, and rules that company interests acquired during marriage fall outside prenup's exemption from property division.
