Posted on April 24, 2019 in
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today affirmed the second-degree murder conviction of a man who shot to death a drug dealer when he was 17 years old. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lugo. (more…)
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Posted on April 23, 2019 in
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that the police must ordinarily obtain a search warrant before obtaining the real-time location of a suspect's cell phone. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Almonor. (more…)
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Posted on April 22, 2019 in
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed a man's convictions related to his kidnapping his own children from a foster home in Braintree in 2013. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lockwood. (more…)
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Posted on April 16, 2019 in
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today ruled that a Massachusetts prosecutor can read into evidence the previous testimony given by a crime victim, where the victim has subsequently died and is obviously not available to testify at the trial. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Fontanez. (more…)
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Posted on April 12, 2019 in
The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld a Suffolk Superior Court judge's order suppressing a gun found during the execution of a search warrant, because the information contained in the warrant application was two months old. The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Hart. (more…)
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