In an opinion published earlier this week, the Massachusetts Appeals Court rejected a defendant's argument that the Massachusetts law prohibiting cruelty to animals is unconstitutional.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Daly.  (more…)

In a stunning decision today, the United States Supreme Court ruled that drugs taken from a defendant, who was unlawfully stopped and seized by a police officer, should not have been suppressed.  The name of the case is Utah v. Strieff. (more…)

In an opinion that should have been obvious, the United States Supreme Court ruled this week that a state supreme court justice should not have considered the appeal of a defendant he had previously prosecuted.  The name of the case is Williams v. Pennsylvania. (more…)

In an opinion that should have been obvious to everyone who works in the judicial system, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed that when a defendant is on probation and is accused of violating his probation, he is entitled to call his own witnesses to testify at the probation surrender hearing.  The name...

In an important decision delivered today, the United States Supreme Court reversed the capital murder conviction of a Georgia inmate who was found guilty after the racist prosecution team excluded all of the black prospective  jurors from being seated on his case.  The name of the case is Foster v. Chatman.  (more…)