A divided panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a superior court judge's ruling that a level three sex offender, on probation for dissemination of child pornography, violated the terms of his probation by trying to enter an elementary school.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Medeiros.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today concluded a parole officer's search of a defendant's bedroom was unconstitutional, resulting in the suppression of drugs and drug paraphernalia.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Judge.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld second-degree murder convictions against two men who assisted a fellow inmate in murdering an elderly inmate at Souza-Baranowski Correctional Center.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Connors.  (more…)

In a decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded a police officer's incomplete recitation of Miranda warnings to a suspected sex offender was good enough to allow the defendant's statement to be admitted to the jury.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lajoie.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed a second-degree murder conviction against a defendant who participated in the fatal shooting of a man who was boarding a bus in Roxbury in 2013.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Bannister. (more…)