Property owners and manager convicted of manslaughter and code violations for knowingly maintaining residential building with non-functioning smoke detectors despite repeated warnings.
Reversed suppression order; protective search of vehicle interior justified by reasonable suspicion despite negative patfrisks of occupants.
Environmental Facilities Siting Board approval of natural gas power plant affirmed where board properly applied environmental justice policy, air quality standards, meteorological data, water supply analysis, and traffic route designations.
Officers must conduct preliminary pat frisk of backpack before warrantless search, even when investigating armed suspects.
Prosecutor committed misconduct by presenting false eyewitness testimony without disclosing witness's prior contradictory statement. Reversed dismissal because other evidence was sufficient to support indictment.
Housing Court has jurisdiction to hear counterclaims challenging postforeclosure plaintiff's title and to award damages, reversing prior requirement for separate equity action.
Affirmed convictions of contractor and bookkeeper for embezzling escrow deposits and contractor fraud. Contractual escrow agents qualify as fiduciaries under embezzlement statute.
Affirmed convictions for inducing minors to prostitution and deriving support from prostitution. Evidence sufficient; jury instructions proper.
Massachusetts wiretap statute authorizes interception of cellular telephone calls and text messages despite not being amended since 1968.
Judge must recuse herself from cases involving former firm despite no actual bias when appearance of impartiality might reasonably be questioned.
