The Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed a defendant's conviction for manslaughter earlier this week after concluding the trial judge improperly restricted the public's access to the courtroom during the jury selection process.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Lopes.  (more…)

In an opinion that should have been obvious, the United States Supreme Court ruled this week that a state supreme court justice should not have considered the appeal of a defendant he had previously prosecuted.  The name of the case is Williams v. Pennsylvania. (more…)

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today ruled that a defendant received ineffective assistance of counsel when his attorney did not hire a medical expert to rebut the Commonwealth's allegation that he had injured his daughter by violently shaking her.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Millien.  (more…)

A split panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court yesterday affirmed a Revere man's conviction for involuntary manslaughter and other charges, despite the possibility that multiple jurors slept through some of the trial testimony.  The name of the case is Commonwealth v. Villalobos. (more…)

The Boston Globe today reported on allegations being leveled against two men for their alleged violent conduct in separate incidents. (more…)