Posted on November 25, 2014 in
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed the larceny conviction of a Pittsfield man, because the defendant may have honestly, but incorrectly, believed that the property he took was abandoned. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Liebenow. (more…)
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Posted on November 24, 2014 in
The United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments next Monday in a case that pits the defendant's First Amendment right to free speech against a criminal law that was used to prosecute him for threatening his ex-wife. The name of the case is Elonis v. United States. (more…)
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Posted on November 21, 2014 in
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed the murder conviction of a man who was found guilty of shooting to death a rival gang member in New Bedford in 2005. The Court ruled that a state trooper improperly obtained a warrant to record the defendant's jailhouse confession to another inmate, in violation of the...
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Posted on November 18, 2014 in
A Walpole man was ordered held on $500,000 bail yesterday following allegations that he was drunk when he crashed his car in Hyde Park on Sunday, killing his 41-year-old passenger. If Jeffrey Mason, 42, posts bail, he will be under house arrest and subject to a GPS monitor. (more…)
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Posted on November 17, 2014 in
Several media outlets are reporting that a man and a woman are being held without bail after allegedly attacking an MBTA worker in the Downtown Crossing Orange Line Station. According to the Boston Globe, the worker was closing the station at around 3:30 a.m. Sunday morning when he encountered 50-year-old Robert Snyder and 28-year-old...
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