Lot division under subdivision control law's existing structures exemption does not exempt resulting nonconformities from zoning requirements or grant grandfather protection absent a variance.
Defendant denied credit for pretrial detention on concurrent sentence where time already credited to earlier sentence. Affirmed.
Defense counsel's concession that defendant committed manslaughter did not waive constitutional rights, so no judicial colloquy was required before trial.
Stun gun possession ban upheld as constitutional; weapon falls outside Second Amendment protection because it postdates enactment and is not in common use.
Police lacked probable cause to search a vehicle where they observed only one ounce of marijuana, a civil infraction. Reversed.
Warrantless entry into garage justified by exigent circumstances when officers tracked stolen vehicle via LoJack and heard dismantling activity. Admission of codefendant's jailhouse statements proper where codefendant testified and defenses were not antagonistic.
Court affirmed denial of new trial based on DNA evidence where defendant's expert relied on genetic markers below testing thresholds without adequate scientific support.
PCP possession conviction affirmed where evidence showed contraband near passenger's seat, drug paraphernalia present, and defendant admitted using PCP.
Defendant may challenge guilty plea by proving egregious government misconduct without presumption when chemist signed certificate only as notary.
Massachusetts court lacked jurisdiction to modify California child support order; could only enforce it. Father could be held in contempt only for violations of original California terms.
