The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of a man who was found guilty by jurors who were permitted by the judge to watch news coverage of the killing.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Martinez.  (more…)

In an important decision delivered yesterday, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court limited the application of the school zone statute to defendants charged with drug dealing crimes.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Peterson.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed a terrible decision issued by the Appeals Court in 2015 and held that a defendant's public exposure of his penis did not constitute open and gross lewdness and lascivious conduct.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Maguire.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the murder conviction of a man who stabbed to death a Fall River woman in 2005.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Holley.  (more…)

In upholding the defendant's conviction for committing an assault and battery against his former girlfriend, the Supreme Judicial Court provided guidance as to what constitutes a "substantive dating relationship" in the context of the new domestic violence law.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Dustin. (more…)