Posted on January 20, 2015 in
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the conviction of a man who gunned down a Jamaica Plain convenience store clerk in 2009. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Corliss. (more…)
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Posted on January 13, 2015 in
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…)
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Posted on January 12, 2015 in
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…)
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Posted on January 11, 2015 in
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…)
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Posted on January 8, 2015 in
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…)
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