The Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday upheld a Holyoke man's conviction for aggravated rape, ruling the trial judge properly excluded evidence of the victim's sexual history pursuant to the rape shield law.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Thomas. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld the conviction of a man caught with a gun in a car in Dorchester, ruling the prosecutor's reference to school shootings and snipers in his opening statement was not error.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lodge.   (more…)

A Massachusetts appellate court delivered yet another opinion related to disgraced Massachusetts chemist Annie Dookhan's work in a case that resulted in the imposition of a lengthy prison sentence.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Williams.  (more…)

In an important opinion delivered today, the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a man's conviction because the police failed to preserve a video of the alleged crime that might have assisted the defense.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Heath. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court today upheld the guilty plea of an armed robber in an opinion that highlighted the danger criminal defendants sometimes face in pleading guilty to crimes in superior court.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Sylvia. (more…)