Sureties who posted bail sought return of funds after defendant's failure to appear due to federal immigration custody. Court affirmed denial, finding appeal to Appeals Court was proper remedy.
Defendant's repeated challenge to jury instructions in murder conviction rejected; gatekeeper decisions unreviewable; mandamus relief inappropriate where adequate remedies existed.
Superintendence petition denied where litigant sought to challenge 1993 judgment decades later; ordinary appellate review adequate; extraordinary remedy not substitute for normal process.
Prior New York DWAI conviction qualifies as predicate OUI offense for lifetime license revocation despite being classified as traffic infraction rather than crime.
Lifetime driver's license revocation upheld for person with prior OUI conviction whose second drunk driving offense caused a fatality.
Appeals court reverses dismissal of assault and battery and child endangerment charges where nurse administered unknown medication via syringe to intoxicated teenager.
Affirmed new trial order based on newly discovered evidence of police detectives' criminal complicity with murder victim, creating incentive to suppress investigation.
Defendant who stole vehicle may be ordered to pay restitution for victim's losses even when police negligence delayed recovery; intervening ordinary negligence does not break causal chain from intentional crime.
Operating with suspended license conviction affirmed where defendant admitted nineteen days earlier to operating after suspension and had no license at traffic stop.
Defendant convicted of first-degree murder in 1994 shooting. Affirmed eyewitness identifications and stocking cap evidence; remanded on sentencing motion.
