In an important decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concluded a defendant who swallowed a baggie containing drugs to prevent its seizure did not violate the witness intimidation statute.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Tejeda.  (more…)

In an important decision delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court concluded a defendant cannot be convicted of possessing a loaded firearm unless he knew the firearm was loaded at the time of the possession.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Brown.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today affirmed the convictions against a defendant who was arrested after police received information about his criminal activities from an unlikely source - his wife.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Abdul-Alim.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today upheld a superior court judge's order suppressing drugs that were seized by Watertown police officers who entered an apartment, without a warrant, because it "smelled like drugs."  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Tuschall.  (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court yesterday upheld a superior court judge's decision to prohibit a witness in a murder case from offering an opinion that a gun (shown to her in a police photograph) was used by the defendant during the crime.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Thomas.  (more…)