The Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday reversed a defendant's conviction for beating up his wife after the prosecutor made improper statements during closing arguments.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Alphonse.  (more…)

The United States Supreme Court today ruled that the police may not order a motorist to wait, absent reasonable suspicion, for a K-9 unit to arrive to allow the dog to sniff the vehicle for drugs.  The name of the case is Rodriguez v. United States.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today set in place a new set of rules that govern the resources available to incarcerated juvenile murderers who are now seeking to be released on parole.  The name of the case is Diatchenko v. District Attorney for the Suffolk District. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled today that the Worcester police chief properly denied a man's application for a license to carry a firearm, where the man had been charged with (but not convicted of) beating his wife in 2005.  The name of the case is Chief of Police of the City of Worcester...

An Essex County Superior Court judge today ruled that the Commonwealth cannot introduce a juvenile's confession that he killed his high school math teacher in 2013 in his upcoming trial. (more…)