The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court delivered an important decision today, ruling that a trial court can order a criminal defendant to provide the password to his phone that has been seized by the police and contains incriminating information about him.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Jones. (more…)

In a decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded a police officer's incomplete recitation of Miranda warnings to a suspected sex offender was good enough to allow the defendant's statement to be admitted to the jury.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lajoie.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed a second-degree murder conviction against a defendant who participated in the fatal shooting of a man who was boarding a bus in Roxbury in 2013.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Bannister. (more…)

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 Supreme Judicial Court ruled this week that a potential juror who offered her opinion that the judicial system is rigged against young black men should not have been automatically excluded from serving on a jury deciding the fate of a young black male defendant.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v....