Bail forfeiture reversed where defendants satisfied bail conditions with no default. Judge lacked authority to forfeit and apply bail to restitution without proper evidentiary hearing.
Trial counsel not ineffective for declining to introduce cell site location information that would have corroborated prosecution witness's presence at crime scene. Witness's testimony sufficiently attenuated from illegal wiretap.
Court affirmed property division in divorce but vacated temporary child support orders lacking required findings of deviation from guidelines.
Tort claim against MBTA dismissed for failure to present claim to executive officer within statutory period, despite agency's investigation and settlement offers to other plaintiffs.
State courts have concurrent jurisdiction over federal Securities Act class actions. A company's failure to disclose interim clinical trial results is not actionable when the company could not lawfully have known those results.
Court affirms convictions for murder, armed robbery, and weapons charges. Warrantless stop justified by reasonable suspicion based on temporal and geographic proximity to fatal shooting, unusual lack of activity, and suspicious vehicle behavior.
Zoning board properly interpreted local bylaw to afford grandfather protection to nonconforming lot held in common ownership despite merger doctrine.
Contribution claims barred when settlement with Commonwealth did not release joint tortfeasors. Other tort claims survive dismissal despite statute of limitations concerns.
In a medical malpractice and wrongful death case arising from an infant's death following delayed cesarean section, the Appeals Court affirmed the defendants' verdict and rejected the parents' claims of judicial bias.
Juvenile adjudicated as youthful offender and delinquent for sexual assault. Court vacates mandatory sex offender registration and GPS monitoring requirements.
