SJC holds that sending an illicitly recorded nude photograph solely to the depicted victim does not constitute dissemination under the voyeurism statute, affirming the underlying photographing conviction but reversing the dissemination count.
Appeals Court holds that intentionally viewing child sexual abuse material on a mobile phone constitutes possession for probation purposes, even when images exist only in the device's cache.
Supreme Judicial Court affirms denial of expungement motion, holding that neither statutory nor inherent authority permits judges to expunge harassment prevention order records from state databases, even when the order was vacated for insufficient evidence.
Property owner may recover Chapter 93A damages for defending inflated mechanic's liens even if other financial offsets left him with net profit; postjudgment interest on judgment increased on appeal runs from original judgment date when appellate court uses trial court's factual findings.
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.
