The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed a man's first-degree murder conviction following his trial in which it was proven he shot and killed his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Collazo.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a defendant's convictions for drug trafficking and illegal possession of a gun after the police caught him in the midst of a home invasion in his neighbor's apartment.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Woods.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed a juvenile girl's conviction for involuntary manslaughter after she successfully urged her boyfriend to commit suicide by way of carbon monoxide poisoning.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Carter.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday affirmed the first-degree murder conviction of a defendant who beat a man to death with a baseball bat in Chelsea.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Chicas. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld the first-degree murder conviction of a man who stabbed to death a Roxbury drug dealer.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Copeland.  (more…)