Standing order precluding defendant-capped guilty pleas on trial day violates statute protecting defendant's right to tender such pleas without temporal restriction.
Double jeopardy does not bar retrial after mistrial when sufficient evidence supports conviction on the record.
Police warrant authorized search of iPhone photograph files for communications evidence. Affirmed: photographs showing defendant with gun admissible.
Reasonable suspicion, not a warrant, justifies warrantless search of parolee's home under Massachusetts Constitution. Parolees have diminished privacy expectations balancing Commonwealth's supervision interests.
Arbitrator cannot award attorney's fees for frivolous defenses absent express party agreement, even under AAA rules permitting fees when authorized by law.
Use tax on interstate trucking fleet held to comply with dormant commerce clause; unapportioned tax on vehicle purchases satisfied Complete Auto test.
Commonwealth appeal of order requiring disclosure of witness's prior cooperation as confidential informant. Affirmed; no exceptional circumstances warranted appellate review.
Anonymous 911 call reports erratic driving. Officer corroborates details through location matching and defendant's probation history. Stop justified by reasonable suspicion.
Department properly denied foster parent application based on applicants' use of corporal punishment, even though applicants agreed to comply with explicit prohibition on such discipline.
Defendant's appeal of single justice's rejection of superintendence petition affirmed for noncompliance with Rule 2:21 and availability of adequate alternative remedy.
