The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a district court judge's order suppressing a gun found during a police search of a car in a department store parking lot.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Oliveira.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today reversed a Salem mother's conviction for attempted murder in a case where the defendant failed to provide her son with medication to treat his cancer.  The son later died when the cancer recurred and the case garnered national media attention.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v....

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the murder conviction of a young man who killed an 84-year-old Quincy woman with the hope of sharing in the proceeds of her estate.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lally. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled there was probable cause to arrest a man who drunkenly stumbled along a set of train tracks while holding onto his 11-year-old son.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Coggeshall. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today upheld the guilty verdicts against a man who was convicted of a brutal Fall River assault based, in part, on his cell phone records that were obtained by the police without a warrant.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Chamberlin. (more…)