Mortgage with stated maturity date of underlying note becomes unenforceable five years after debt maturity under obsolete mortgage statute; retroactive application constitutional.
Murder conviction under joint venture theory upheld where defendant claimed lack of advance knowledge but aided the shooter's escape.
Assault and battery by hypodermic needle conviction affirmed where defendant thrust needle at officer, causing puncture wound requiring hospital treatment.
Anticipatory search warrant valid where police establish facts providing equivalent, not strict, compliance with stated triggering conditions and equal support for probable cause.
Nonsignatory franchisor may compel arbitration where franchisees' misclassification claims are intertwined with franchise agreements containing arbitration clause and allegations of concerted misconduct alleged against all defendants.
Murder conviction affirmed where defendant killed wife with mallet. Miranda warnings in Vietnamese adequate. Mental impairment instruction sufficient. Convictions not duplicative under elements-based test.
No-tipping policies are permitted under Massachusetts law, but employers must clearly communicate such policies to customers or risk Tips Act liability for retained money.
Psychotherapist-patient privilege does not bar testimony in involuntary commitment proceedings when treating psychiatrist discloses statements revealing patient's imminent danger to himself.
Dissemination statute implicitly required knowledge that recipient was a minor, preventing First Amendment overbreadth chilling protected speech.
Conviction affirmed; interested adult rule did not apply retroactively at time of defendant's interrogation, but court extends protection to seventeen-year-olds prospectively.
