The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday delivered an important decision regarding how trial judges should talk to juries about witness identifications of defendants.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Gomes. (more…)

The Boston Herald published an interesting article today that concluded that sobriety checkpoints (also known as roadblocks) conducted in Lowell result in more OUI arrests than any other checkpoint in the state.  (more…)

What figures to be a tedious process of picking a jury to hear the Aaron Hernandez murder case began on Friday in Fall River Superior Court.  (more…)

The fallout from the Annie Dookhan scandal continued today, as the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court considered the rights of defendants who are successful in withdrawing their original guilty pleas.  The name of the case is Bridgeman v. District Attorney for Suffolk County. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today reversed a Springfield District Court judge's ruling that the police acted unlawfully in searching a backpack found in the trunk of a car in which the defendant was riding.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Crowley-Chester.  (more…)