In an important decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded a defendant cannot be convicted of possessing a loaded firearm unless he knew the firearm was loaded at the time of the possession.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Brown.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed three corruption convictions against former Lawrence Mayor William Lantigua's chief of staff.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Degnan.  (more…)

In a 4-3 decision, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed convictions against two men who were found guilty of possessing burglarious tools as they walked along railroad tracks in Norton in the middle of a freezing February night in 2013.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Squires.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today upheld the first-degree murder conviction against a man who stabbed to death a Worcester businessman during a home invasion in the summer of 2011.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Rutherford.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed the convictions against a defendant who was arrested after police received information about his criminal activities from an unlikely source - his wife.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Abdul-Alim.  (more…)