The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday ruled the Commonwealth was permitted to use a defendant's statement to a police officer against him at trial, even though the defendant had been under arrest and in the custody of the Cambridge Police Department for more than six hours at the time of his statement.  The case...

Attorney Christopher Spring yesterday argued before the Massachusetts Appeals Court that his client's conviction for trafficking marijuana should be reversed and remanded to superior court for a new trial.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court this week upheld the murder conviction of a Springfield man, ruling his attorney's failure to interview an alibi witness prior to the trial was an error, but it probably didn't make a difference.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Gonzalez. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court ruled today that the Commonwealth had not proven a medical examiner, who had gone into labor as the defendant's murder trial was beginning, was unavailable to testify four days later.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Dorisca.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of a man who participated in a drug rip in New Bedford that resulted in the shooting death of a drug dealer.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Cole. (more…)