Deputy assistant register's removal upheld where statute gives register discretionary authority to remove designation with chief justice approval, and employee had no protected property interest.
Affirmed first-degree murder conviction where redacted news broadcast was properly admitted as context for defendant's confessions to shooting, given extensive redactions and limiting instructions.
Affirmed. Video recording and transcript of police interrogation admitted at suppression hearing are judicial records presumptively open to public inspection despite defendant's fair trial concerns.
Acquittal of felony-murder at second trial does not invalidate armed home invasion and assault convictions from first trial; different juries need not reach consistent verdicts.
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School zone statute does not apply to drug offender who was passenger in vehicle momentarily stopped by red light adjacent to public park.
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Consumer must serve demand letter under Chapter 93A unless defendant lacks place of business or assets in Massachusetts. "Or" means either condition suffices.
Federal FAAAA preemption of Massachusetts independent contractor statute partially severed; prong two preempted as applied to motor carriers; prongs one and three remain enforceable; summary judgment reversed; remanded.
Affirmed the Auditor's approval of a privatization of state mental health services under the Pacheco Law, finding reasonable interpretations of procurement, delegation, wage protection, and quality requirements.