Prosecutor's references to defendant's invocation of Miranda rights constituted constitutional error but did not create substantial risk of miscarriage of justice where evidence of criminal responsibility was overwhelming.
Conviction for accosting or annoying person of opposite sex affirmed where defendant called young woman 'little girl,' pursued her aggressively, demanded she enter his vehicle.
Written statement of delivery is not a mandatory prerequisite for forming a valid fine art consignment under Massachusetts law; consignment arises from delivery, acceptance, and sale-on-commission agreement alone.
Conviction reversed where trial judge failed to conduct voir dire after jurors reported one juror fell asleep during evidence, despite receiving reliable information of the juror's inattentiveness.
Sophisticated parties' fully integrated LLC agreements with integration clause cannot be varied by parol evidence of prior negotiations or alleged oral conditions precedent.
Whether assignment of mortgage carries surety claim when both obligor and surety breached before assignment and surety was liquidated.
Man convicted of open and gross lewdness for wearing translucent shorts displaying genitals and buttocks in store. Statute not unconstitutionally vague; exposure includes display through see-through covering.
Electric utilities challenged storm-response penalties. The court held the DPU correctly applied a reasonableness standard rather than industry-based prudence, vacated penalties unsupported by substantial evidence on specific days, and affirmed the remainder.
Former spouses' tort claims following divorce are not barred by claim or issue preclusion merely because related conduct was considered in the divorce proceedings.
Defendant's invocation of right to counsel violated by police persuasion that she was losing her opportunity to tell her story. Murder and attempted murder convictions vacated; arson conviction affirmed.
