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.
Appeals Court vacates c. 93A ruling after trial judge found landlord violated sanitary code repair rule but awarded no damages, holding regulation's language made violation per se unfair or deceptive practice requiring at least attorney's fees.
Appeals Court holds that a father may pursue a care-and-protection petition in Juvenile Court even when a custody dispute is pending in Probate Court, because the two proceedings serve distinct functions and offer different remedies.
The Appeals Court held that the commission has discretion to impose sanctions other than automatic revocation when a certificate holder violates anti-vertical-integration rules governing alcohol distribution.
Appeals Court affirms that judicial estoppel blocks a mortgagee from claiming foreclosure rights after its sole shareholder failed to disclose the mortgage asset in his bankruptcy proceeding, preserving bankruptcy system integrity.
