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Farak Defendants that Qualified for Enhanced Sentences Are Not Subject to Harsher Penalties When Re-Negotiating Pleas
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SJC Holds Attorney’s Failure to Investigate Alibi Witness to be Ineffective Assistance
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SJC Clarifies When Impoundment of Vehicle is Reasonable
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Appeals Court Denies Commonwealth’s Request to Wipe Defendant’s Cell Phone Prior to Return of Property to Defendant
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Supreme Judicial Court Declines to Vacate Indictment Due to Commonwealth’s Failure to Provide Jury Instructions on Mitigating Evidence Presented
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Appeals Court Addresses Unreliable Hearsay Issues in Contect of Probation Violation Hearing
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Appeals Court Weighs in on Jail Credit Calculations
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SJC Weighs in on Reimbursement of Court Fees in Farak Cases
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SJC Says § 58A Hearing in Superior Court is Appropriate Regardless of Whether Defendant Appears Pursuant to a Summons or is Under Arrest
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SJC Reverses Defendant’s Admission to Sufficient Facts Due to Insufficient Immigration Warnings During Plea Colloquy
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SJC Analyzes How to Determine Whether Assault and Battery Qualifies as a Predicate Offense Under Armed Career Criminal Statute
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SJC Allows Motion to Suppress Due to Officer’s Improper Extension of Duration of MV Stop
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Appeals Court Dismisses OUI Charge Under No Fix Statute
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SJC Grants New Trial In Murder Case
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Appeals Court Overturns Conviction in VHO Case
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SJC Vacates Denial of Motion for New Trial and Remands for Evidentiary Hearing on Third Party Culprit Discovery
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Appeals Court Vacates Defendant’s Sentence Due to Appearance of Impropriety by Sentencing Judge
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SJC Reverses Defendant’s Murder Conviction Due to Four Trial Errors
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SJC Rules that Use of Two Interpreters did not Violate Due Process and Limitations on Questioning of Witness’ Immigration Status was not Abuse of Discretion
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Appeals Court Overturns BMC Judge’s Decision to Unseal Defendant’s Record
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SJC Lays out Procedure for Determining Whether Prospective Juror Who Believes System is Rigged Can be Impartial and Serve on Jury
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SJC Vacates Conviction Due to Trial Court’s Improper Discharge of Juror
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SJC Affirms Conviction in Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter
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US Supreme Court Reverses Murder Conviction Due to Batson Violation
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SJC Addresses Issue of Storage of Non-Documentary Exhibits Following Trial
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US Supreme Court Rules that PC to Arrest Defeats Claim that Arrest was Made in Retaliation for Engaging in Protected Speech
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SJC Declines to Apply Principals of Miller and Diatchenko to Defendant, who Committed Murder at Age Nineteen
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SJC Weighs in on Sentencing Options under G.L. c.269, §10(m)
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SJC Reverses Defendant’s Negligent Operation Conviction Due to Insufficient Evidence
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SJC Affirms Conviction, but Urges Judges to Consider Voir Dire Questions about Ethnic Biases
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Arson Conviction Overturned Due to Erroneous Jury Instructions
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Appeals Court Rules the Reasonable Juvenile Standard Applies in Determining Whether Defendant was Subjected to Functional Equivalent of Custodial Interrogation
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SJC Clarifies Pat Frisk Standard
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SJC Reverses Conviction Due to Judge’s Failure to Instruct on Non-Deadly Force in Self-Defense
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Appeals Court Rules that Evidence is Insufficient to Issue HPO
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Appeals Court Affirms Allowance of Motion to Suppress Where Search Warrant Failed to Establish Probable Cause
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SJC Holds that Individual Voir Dire Must Be Allowed on Issue of Ethnic Prejudice in Certain Cases
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SJC Holds that Requiring Defendant’s Cell Phone to Reveal its Real Time Location Constitutes a Search Under Art. 14
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Defendant’s Motion to Revise Sentence Allowed Due to Disparity Between his Sentence and Co-venturer’s Sentence
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SJC Allows Defendant’s Motion for Post-Conviction Forensic Testing
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SJC Affirms Suppression of Fruits of Defendant’s CSLI Records
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Appeals Court Affirms Allowance of Motion to Suppress Fruits of Parole Officer’s Routine Home Visit
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SJC Weighs in on What Qualifies as a Predicate Offense for a Dangerousness Hearing
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SJC Affirms Denial of Motion to Suppress Historical GPS Location Data Recorded During Defendant’s Probation Without a Warrant
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SJC Affirms Suppression of Drugs Due to Lack of Probable Cause for Strip Search
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SJC Finds Error in Admission of Statement at Trial but Declines to Reverse Conviction
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SJC Finds Limitation of Cross-Examination of Medical Examiner to be Error, but Declines to Overturn Conviction
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SJC Rules the Imposition of GPS Monitoring Requirement Under G.L. c.265, §47 Unconstitutional
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Appeals Court Affirms Denial of RO on Ground that Plaintiff Failed to Establish Reasonable Fear of Imminent Physical Harm
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SJC Affirms Suppression of Evidence on Grounds that Commonwealth Failed to Establish Exception to Warrant Requirement
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SJC Holds that Commonwealth May Compel Defendant to Provide Password to Cell Phone if it Proves Knowledge of Password is “Foregone Conclusion”
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US Supreme Court Holds that Prejudice is Presumed Where Defense Attorney Fails to File Appeal, Even Where Defendant Signed Appeal Waiver
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SJC Affirms Allowance of Motion to Suppress in Stolen MV Case
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SJC Affirms Murder Conviction Despite Courts Improper Limit on the Number of Defendant’s Peremptory Challenges
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Appeals Court Reverses Defendant’s Convictions Due to Insufficient Evidence and Duplicity
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SJC Rules that Posting Threatening Rap Song is Insufficient for Harassment Order
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US Supreme Court Issues Decision Ruling on What Qualifies for Predicate Offense Under the ACCA
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Appeals Court Reverses Defendant’s OUI Conviction Due to Improper Admission of Breath Test Refusal and OAS Conviction Due to Insufficient Evidence
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US Supreme Court Holds that 8th Amendment Excessive Fines Clause Applies to States Under 14th Amendment’s Due Process Clause
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SJC Holds that Commonwealth Must Prove Communication of Withdrawal of Consent in Rape Cases
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Appeals Court Issues Decision on Whether Identification was Suggestive and Witness’s Subsequent Ability to Identify Defendant in the Courtroom
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Appeals Court Issues Decision on the Proper Procedure for a Defendant to Seek Post-Conviction Information About Jurors
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SJC Rules that Commonwealth’s Non-disclosure of Exculpatory Evidence was Error, but Affirms Denial of New Trial
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Appeals Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress Pursuant to a Warrantless Search of Defendant’s Car
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Appeals Court Rules that Admission of Accident Reconstruction Expert’s Testimony was Error, but Declines to Overturn Conviction
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SJC Reduces First Degree Murder Conviction to Second Degree
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SJC Reverses Discovery Order Requiring ADA to Search for Internal Affairs Records
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SJC Holds that Police Cannot Claim Exigent Circumstance Where it was Foreseeable that Police Action Would Create Exigency
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Court Rules on Whether Judge May Incarcerate a Defendant Solely for the Purpose of Substance Use Disorder Treatment
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Appeals Court Clarifies What Constitutes PC Under Reckless Endangerment of A Child Statute
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SJC Affirms Pimping Conviction but Changes Jury Instructions
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Appeals Court Issues Decision on the Limits of Dorvil and Parental Discipline
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SJC Vacates Denial of Defendant’s Motion to Withdraw his Guilty Plea on Padilla Grounds, Remanding for Further Findings by Trial Court
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Appeals Court Reverses Defendant’s Conviction on Confrontation Clause Grounds
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SJC Holds that Police Lacked Lawful Basis to “Freeze” House Prior to Obtaining Search Warrant
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SJC Clarifies Admissibility of Bowden Evidence
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SJC Applies Nelson v. Colorado to Bridgeman Cases
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Appeals Court Reverses Denial of Defendant’s Motion to Suppress in Drug Case
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Appeals Court Reverses Conviction in HO Case and Provides Definition for “Remain Away Provision”
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SJC Issues Comprehensive Remedy in Farak Cases
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Appeals Court Weighs in on Sufficiency of Evidence Required for G. L. c. 269, §§ 10(n) and 10m)
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Appeals Court Rules that 85 Days Does not Constitute Unreasonable Delay in Obtaining Warrant to Search Seized Cell Phone
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Appeals Court Vacates Dismissal of Plaintiff’s Complaint in Restraining Order
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Appeals Court Affirms Admission of Evidence of Uncharged Conduct in Child Sex Case
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SJC Reverses Revocation of Defendant’s Probation Pursuant to Commonwealth v. Henry
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SJC Reverses Defendants Conviction for Sex Offenses Due to Prosecutorial Error
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SJC Dismisses Murder Charge Due to Defendant’s Lack of Competence to Stand Trial
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Appeals Court Reverses Defendant’s Conviction of Battery with Intent to Intimidate Due to Insufficient Evidence
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SJC Addresses Forfeiture by Wrong Doing
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SJC Clarifies the “Extraordinary Circumstances” Requirement in Relation to Sentencing a Juvenile Offender
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Appeals Court Affirms Defendant’s Revocation of Probation and Denial of Request to Withdraw his Stipulation to Probation Violations
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SJC Affirms Denial of Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss on Speedy Trial Grounds
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Appeals Court Weighs in on the Legal Requirements for Cavity Searches
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SJC Reverses Conviction on Ground that Commonwealth Improperly Excluded Black Men from Jury
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SJC Rules Juvenile Delinquency Adjudications May Serve as Predciate Offenses for ACCA
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Appeals Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress on Ground that Police Show of Force Constituted an Arrest and Police Lacked PC
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SJC Rules that Conditional Guilty Pleas are Permissible
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SJC Affirms Denial of New Trial for Target of Grand Jury Investigation, Despite Lack of 5thAmendment Warning by Commonwealth
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SJC Rules that SORB Bears Burden of Proof at Reclassification Hearings by Clear and Convincing Evidence
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Appeals Court Affirms Denial of Motion to Suppress in Possession with Intent to Distribute Heroin
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Appeals Court Deals a Blow to Warrant Requirement for Cell Site Location Information
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Supreme Judicial Court Reverses Defendant’s Conviction for Witness Intimidation Due to Insufficient Evidence
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Appeals Court Affirms Denial of Mistrial Due to Juror Bias
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SJC Affirms Court’s Ability to Order Defendant to Remain Drug Free Despite Diagnosed Substance Use Disorder
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SJC Affirms Dismissal of OUI Related Charges Under “No Fix” Statute
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SJC Reverses First Degree Murder Conviction on Jurisdictional Grounds
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SJC Reverses Trial Court’s Decision Ordering Disclosure of Confidential Informant
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SJC Overturns Restitution Order Pursuant to Commonwealth v. Henry
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Appeals Court Holds that First Time CI’s Controlled Buy Plus Corroboration was Sufficient to Establish Veracity
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SJC Affirms Murder Conviction Despite Prosecution’s Comments on Defendant’s Pre-arrest Silence
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No Sex Offender Registration for Defendant Convicted of Two Open Gross Charges Adjudicated in Same Proceeding
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US Supreme Court Rules that Police Must Get Search Warrant for CSLI Records
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Appeals Court Reverses Conviction Due to Trial Court’s Failure to Allow Appropriate Number of Peremptory Challenges
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Appeals Court Weighs in On Authentication of Text Messages
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US Supreme Court Weighs in On What Restitution a Defendant Can be Ordered to Pay
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US Supreme Court Rules that Automobile Exception to Warrant Requirement Does not Extend to Curtilage of a House
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SJC Affirms Motion to Dismiss OAS After OUI Charge
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SJC Vacated Conviction Due to Improper Denial of Discovery Motions, Jury Instructions, and Redaction of Medical Records
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SJC Reverses Conviction for Unlawful Possession of Loaded Firearm on Grounds that Evidence was Insufficient to Establish Knowledge
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SJC Affirms Conviction Where Defendant Raised Concerns of Biased Juror
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SJC Finds Testimony of Substitute Expert Witness Inadmissible but Affirms Conviction on Harmless Error Grounds
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Defendant Granted New Trial Due to Commonwealth’s Failure to Preserve and Produce Video of Incident
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Appeals Court Addresses Co-Inhabitant’s Authority to Consent to Search of Shared Space
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SJC Rules GPS Cannot Be Imposed in Sex Case Ten Months After Original Sentencing Hearing
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SJC Grants New Trial in First Degree Murder Case Based on Newly Discovered Evidence
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Appeals Court Affirms Probation Revocation Where Defendant Violated No Contact Order
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SJC Gives Man Found Guilty of First Degree Murder a Chance to Challenge his Conviction
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SJC Affirms Juvenile Delinquency Finding in Statutory Rape Case
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Appeals Court Overturns Conviction in Child Sex Case Due to Insufficient Evidence
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SJC Deems Massachusetts Statute Banning Stun Guns Unconstitutional
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Appeals Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Due to Delays by Commonwealth
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Defendant’s Robbery Conviction Reversed Due to Thin Evidence: DNA Found Near Scene
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SJC Reverses Defendant’s Conviction for Unlawful Cultivation of Medical Marijuana
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Conviction as Subsequent Offender under OUI Statute May be Based on Prior Conviction for Which Defendant Lacked Attorney
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SJC Clarifies Identity Fraud Statute and Limitations of its Application
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Appeals Court Upholds Suppression of Statement Due to Improper Promises of Leniency by Police
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SJC Weighs in on Juvenile Court’s Ability to Transfer Case Under G.L. c. 119, § 72A
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Governor Baker Signs Sweeping Criminal Justice Reform Bill into Law
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Appeals Court Reverses Denial of Motion to Suppress in Gun Case
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Supreme Court Holds that Defendant’s Guilty Plea Does Not Constitute Waiver of Right to Challenge Constitutionality of Statute
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SJC Clarifies Defendant’s Discovery Obligations When Criminal Responsibility is Raised
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Appeals Court Issues Decision Addressing CSLI Data
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SJC Deems Anonymous Reporter Sufficiently Reliable in Road Rage Incident
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SJC Declines to Extend Atkins, Miller to Developmentally Disabled Defendants
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SJC Declines to Overturn Santana “Authorization Approach”
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SJC Affirms Suppression of Gun Where Police Exceeded Scope of Search
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SJC Overturns Drug Conviction Where Scientific Reliability of Field Testing Was Not Properly Evaluated Under Daubert/Lanigan
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Appeals Court Rules that Motion to Suppress ID Should Have Been Allowed
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SJC Carves out Exception for Judge’s Authority to Dismiss Prior to Arraignment
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SJC Sets Limits on Juvenile Court’s Ability to Dismiss Prior to Arraignment
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SJC Weighs in on Bail Revocation
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SJC Issues Decision on Propriety of Victim Impact Statements at Sentencing
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SJC Issues Case on Juvenile Court Jurisdiction
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Appeals Court Declines to Suppress Defendant’s Statement in Human Trafficking Case
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Defendant’s Motion to Vacate Plea Denied Despite Attorney’s Failure to Warn of Sex Offender Consequences
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SJC Affirms First Degree Murder Conviction in Joint Venture Case
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SJC Affirms Scientific Reliability of Breathalyzer Evidence
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SJC Holds that Police Presence in Grand Jury Room Not Reversible Error
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Appeals Court Affirms Order Requiring Suspect to Provide Cell Phone PIN to Commonwealth
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SJC Rules Evidence from Incident 13 Years Prior Properly Admitted as Rebuttal Evidence
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SJC Grants New Trial to Defendant Convicted of Murder
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SJC Rules Admission of Propensity Evidence Improper But Not a Miscarriage of Justice
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SJC Holds Warrantless Search Conduction Outside of Officers’ Territorial Jurisdiction Unlawful
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Appeals Court Finds Warrantless Entry Jusitified Under Emergency Exception
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SJC Rules Trial Error Admitting Evidence of CODIS Match Harmless
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SJC Rules New Trial Necessary Where Question of Sleeping Jurors Raised
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Appeals Court Rules Drug Dealer Profiling Evidence Admissible
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Massachusetts Sentencing Commission Makes Changes to Sentencing Guidelines
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Appeals Court Decision Affirms Negligent Operation Conviction on Minimal Evidence
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SJC Reverses OUI Conviction After Judge’s Erroneous Instruction on Lack of Breathalyzer Evidence
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Appeals Court Denies Motion to Dismiss Under “No Fix Statute”
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SJC Rules In Court Identification Permissible If Out of Court Identification is Unequivocal
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SJC Issues Decision on Admissibility of FSTs in OUI Marijuana Cases
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SJC Narrows Scope of Felony Murder By Eliminating Constructive Malice
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SJC Reviews Juvenile Sentencing Practices Post Miller
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SJC Rules that Judges Must Consider Defendant’s Financial Resources in Setting Bail
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SJC Weighs in On Judge’s Ability to Order Specific Performance of Plea Agreement
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SJC Rules that Massachusetts Courts May Not Hold Defendants on Immigration Detainers
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SJC Rules that Search of Images on Digital Camera Exceeds Scope of Inventory
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SJC Rules That Blanket Prohibition Denying Sex Offender Ability to Seal Record is Unconstitutional
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Appeals Court Suppress Evidence from Stop Based on Civil Infraction, Possession of Marijauna
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Appeals Court Clarifies Sentencing Under ACCA
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U.S. Supreme Court Weighs in on Forfeiture Proceedings
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Appeals Court Clarifies Commonwealth’s Ability to Request 58A Hearing at OUI Third Arraignments
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Appeals Court Rules That Testimony Describing Video Footage Not Provided to Defendant Should Not Have Been Admitted
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SJC Clarifies Trial Court Judge’s Authority to Award Jail Credits
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Appeals Court Affirms Dismissal of Case on Speedy Trial Grounds
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SJC Rules that Public Defenders, Not Judges, Have Independent Authority to Appoint Attorneys to Cases
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Appeals Court Issues Decision Clarifying the Definition of “Accredited Preschool” Under School Zone Statute
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SJC Clarifies Habitual Offender Statute
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SJC Holds that Florida v. Jardines Applies to Multi-Family Dwellings
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SJC Holds that Warrant is Required for Content of Text Messages
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SJC Declines to Uphold Motion To Suppress in Roadbloack Case
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SJC Holds that Defendants on Pre-trial Release Do Not Have Privacy Interest in GPS Data
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SJC Decision Limits Police Ability to Impound Motor Vehicles
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US Supreme Court Orders Court Costs to be Returned When Conviction is Overturned
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Supreme Judicial Court Analyzes Valor Act
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Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office Failed to Reveal Critical Information in Farak Investigation
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SJC Overturns Trial Court’s Decision Allowing Motion to Suppress Gun
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SJC Announces New Protocol for Unresolved Drug Cases Potentially Impacted by Dookhan
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SJC Weighs in on Intersection of Criminal Law and Mental Health Law in Disorderly Conduct Case
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SJC Issues Decision Developing Identification Issues
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SJC Issues Decision Precluding Negative Profiling Testimony
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Investigating Officers Presence in Grand Jury Deemed Improper by SJC
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Appeals Court Applies Pon Standard to Defendant’s Request to Seal Record
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SJC Rules that Dookhan Defendants With Vacated Convictions Will Not Be Reimbursed for Court Costs
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Questions Linger in Amherst Drug Lab Scandal
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Judge Orders Commonwealth to Turn Over Electronic Communications Between Police in Worcester Murder Case
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Appeals Court States Ambulance Records Are Admissible as Medical Records
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Recent Research Suggests that Courts Should Consider Brain Development in Cases Involving Young Adults
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SJC Weighs in on Whether Failure to Advise Defendants of Sex Offender Registration Constitutes Ineffective Assistance
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SJC ISsues Decision on Judge’s Ability to Depart from Mandatory Minimum Sentencing
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SJC Holds Additional Hearing on Dookhan Cases
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SJC States that Warrantless Seizure of Cell Phone Requires PC to Believe Particularized Evidence Will be Found During Search
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SJC Reviews Law on Lack of Criminal Responsibility Defense
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Massachusetts Sentencing Commissions Holds Hearing on Proposed Changes
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SJC Rules that Car Renter’s Decision to Allow Person Who is not on Rental Agreement to Drive Does not Amount to a Crime
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Appeals Court Finds Boston PD Drug Testing to Be Scientifically Unreliable
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Man and Woman Alleged to Have Broken into Framingham Home
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SJC Issues New Decision on Discovery
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Issues with Braintree Evidence Room Mounting
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SJC States that Defendants Do Not Have Right to Counsel Before Taking Breathalyzer
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SJC Rules that Non-Citizen Defendant’s Motion for a New Trial Should be Granted
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Framingham Woman Reportedly Serenades Arresting Office
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Driver Flees Scene After Southborough Crash
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Town of Braintree Conducting Audit of Evidence Held by Police Department
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MORE LEGISLATIVE UPDATES – 2016
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SJC Issues New Case on Pre-trial Detention for Dangerousness
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SJC Says Judges Must Consider Defendants’ Ability to Pay Restitution
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SJC Rules on Application of Changes to Mass. R. Prof. C. 3.5(c)
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Framingham Man Charged in Alleged Road Rage Incident
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Man Arrested for Stealing Leaf Blower from Framingham Yard
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SJC Strikes Down Portion of Armed Career Criminal Statute
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SJC Addresses Sixth Amendment Rights at Probation Violation Hearings
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Man Arrested in Framingham on OUI Charges
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Worcester Man Arrested for Driving While Smoking Marijuana
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Framingham High School Student Arrested on Weapons Charges
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Man Charged with Assaulting Marlborough Resident
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Senate Proposes Budget Amendment Giving Massachusetts Judges Discretion When Imposing Court Fees
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Framingham Man Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges
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Thousands of Dookhan Defendants Have Yet to Receive Justice
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Framingham Man Arrested for Assaulting Son
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Framingham Man Arrested on Domestic Violence Charges
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SJC to Consider Whether Defendant’s Should Have Right to Consult with Attorney Prior to Breathalyzer
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Framingham Woman Arrested on Assault Charges
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Framingham Teen Arrested on Gun Charges
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Updates in the Massachusetts Legislature – 2016
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MA Probation Speeding up Process for Those Seeking to Seal CORIs
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Walpole Man Arrested in Ashland for 5th OUI Offense
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Problems with GPS Monitoring Faced by Defendants Across Masschusetts
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SJC to Hear Argument on Trial Court’s Discretion to Impose Sentence Below Minimum Mandatory
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Three Arrested in Framingham with Three Ounces of Marijuana
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Men Arrested in Marlborough for Alleged Robbery
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Framingham Couple Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Marijuana
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Female Substance Abusers Will no Longer be Subject to Civil Commitment at MCI Framingham
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Supreme Court Rules that Miller v. Alabama is Retroactive
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Framingham Teen Arraigned on Domestic Violence Charges
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SJC Expressly Overrules Holyoke Judge’s Attempt to Impose Commonwealth Capped Pleas on Trial Dates in District Court
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Framingham Man Arrested on Gun Charges
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Hollistan Man Charged with Assaulting Four Year Old Son
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Littleton Man Arrested for Assaulting Disabled Step-Brother
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SJC Changes Standard for Sex Offender Registry Classifications
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Appeals Court Issues Decision on Trial Court’s Ability to Dismiss Valid Criminal Complaints
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Milford Man Gets in Physical Confrontation with Niece
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Groton Woman Charged with Assaulting Boyfriend
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Woburn Woman Arrested for Shoplifting, Drugs
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Framingham Man Allegedly Assaults Ex-Girlfriend
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Man Charged with Possession of Hoax Explosive at Marathon Finish Line
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Ashland Woman Charged with Assaulting Man
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Framingham Woman Charged with Assaulting Former Co-Worker
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Man Charged with Murder of Westborough Woman Seeks to Suppress Statements to the Police
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Framingham Judge Finds Man Dangerous
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Concerning Delay in Reports of Tainted Breathalyzer Evidence
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SJC Finds Text Message Admissible as Excited Utterance
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Norfolk County Teacher Arrested for Alleged Rape of Child
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SJC Clarifies Timeframe for Sexually Dangerous Person Petitions
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SJC Issues Decision on Domestic Violence Offender Registry
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SJC Accepts Petition to Review Holyoke District Court Plea Practice
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Man Arrested in Framingham for Assault May be Victim of Robbery
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SJC Issues Ruling on Admissibility of Certain Breathalyzer Test Results
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Brawl at Framingham High School May Lead to Charges Against Students
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SJC Issues Decision on Dookhan Cases
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Wayland Employee Charged with Sexually Assaulting Child
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SJC Rules the Interested Adult Rule Applies to Seventeen Year Olds
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SJC Issues Decision on Parole for Juvenile Homicide Offenders
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Concerns About Accuracy of Breathalyzer Evidence in Massachusetts OUI Cases
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Ashland Man Charged with Rape
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SJC Mandates New Jury Instruction on Reasonable Doubt
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Buyer Allegedly Robbed by Drug Dealer in Framingham
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Two Men Arrested in Marlborough Gas Station Robbery
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SJC Improves Jury Instructions on Eyewitness Identification
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Framingham Man Charged with Drug Offenses at Motel 6
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Two Men Charged After Mutual Fight in Framingham
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SJC Announces New Standard for Admission of Identification Testimony
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Framingham Father Criminally Charged After Physically Disciplining his Son
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Framingham Au Pair Charged with Child Abuse Files Criminal Charges Against Child’s Father
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Woman Smears Bacon at Framingham Police Station
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Framingham Woman Charged with Driving to Endanger
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Framingham Man Allegedly Robs Former Employer
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Alleged Attempted Robbery at Natick MBTA Station
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Man Arrested on Marijuana Charges in Framingham
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Commonwealth’s Evidence Excluded in Northborough Rape Case
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Reported Drug Deal Gone Bad in Hudson
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Chelsea Man Facing Sexual Assault Charges in Worcester
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Two Men Arrested in Basement of Framingham Apartment Building
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Framingham Man Arrested for Drug Distribution
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Hernandez Co-Defendant Seeks to Dismiss Charges Against Her
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“Polite” Burglar on the Loose
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Revere Fire Captain Charged in Halloween Scuffle
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SJC Issues Decison on Fifth Amendment Privilege
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Women in Framingham Charged with Separate Assaults Against Each Other
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Framingham Woman Arrested for Assaulting Husband
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Woman Breaks into Ex’s Apartment in Framingham
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Man Charged with Assaulting Hotel Manager in Framingham
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Woman Allegedly Assaults Ex-Boyfriend’s New Girlfriend in Framingham
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Woman Arrested in Hopkinton on Drug Charges
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Milford Teen Charged with Vehicular Homicide as Result of 2013 Collision
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Sudbury Teen Charged with Child Enticement
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Man Charged with Pawning Stolen Jewelry in Framingham
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Framingham Men Arrested in Dispute Over Parking
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Framingham Couple Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine
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Framingham Couple Arrested on Drug Distribution Charges
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New Domestic Violence Bill Expected to be Signed into Law
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Framingham Man Arrested After Prostitute Allegedly Steals his Money
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Worcester Police Officer Arrested for Breaking into Ex-Wife’s Home
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SJC Rules that Smell of Unburnt Marijuana is not Enough to Search People, Cars
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Son Allegedly Assaults Father in Framingham
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Sudbury Man Charged with Damaging Property at Own Home
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New Trial Granted for Man Convicted of Deadly Fire in Lowell in 1982
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SUPREME COURT RULES THAT POLICE MUST GET WARRANT TO SEARCH A SUSPECT’S CELL PHONE
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Framingham Man Allegedly Ran Over Friend With Boat
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Concord Man Arrested for Possession with Intent to Distribute Pot and LSD
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Massachusetts Parole Board Votes to Release Man Sentenced to Life Without Parole as A Juvenile
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SJC Strikes Down Lifetime Community Parole for Sex Offenders
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Framingham Man Arrested for Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
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Shrewsbury Man Charged With Assaulting Former Co-worker
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Aaron Hernandez Facing New Murder Charges
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SJC Rules that Raise the Age Legislation is Not Retroactive
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Man Arrested in Framingham for Illegal Entry and Drug Charges
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Man Arrested in Hopkinton for Indecent Assault and Battery
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Framinghman Teens Charged with Receiving Stolen Car
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New Domestic Violence Bill Proposed at Statehouse
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Office of the Inspector General Issues Report on Hinton Lab Scandal
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SJC Weighs in on Annie Dookhan
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Homeless Man Arrested in Framingham House
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SJC Rules that Police Must Get a Search Warrant for Cell Site Location Information
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Framingham Man Allegedly Sexually Assaulted Son’s Girlfriend
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Framingham Man Charged with Assaulting Daughter
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SJC Lays Out Sentencing Scheme that Should be Applied Post Diatchenko
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SJC Holds that Imposition of Life Without Parole Sentences on Juveniles is Unconstitutional
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Woman Charged with OUI Seeks Personnel File of Crooked Cop Who Investigated her Case
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Ashland Man Falsely Accused of Domestic Violence?
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Police Search Framingham Man and Find Various Drugs
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Framingham Woman Allegedly Stabs Man in Walgreens Parking Lot
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Framingham Man Breaks into Home, Finds Wife Cheating
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SJC Holds that Juvenile Court Judges May Allow Motion to Dismiss Prior to Arraignment
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Man Charged with Theft of Brother’s Vodka and Car in Natick
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Framingham Woman Charged with Stabbing Boyfriend
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SJC Rules that Law Reducing School Zone Radius is Retroactive
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SJC Limits Opinion Testimony in OUI Trials
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Westborough High School Student Arrested on Drug and Alcohol Charges
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Framingham Man Arrested on Gun Charges
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Investigation of Ashland Break-ins Leads to Statutory Rape Charges
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Framingham Woman and Boyfriend Arraigned in Relation to July Murder
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Natick Man Allegedly Kidnaps Wife
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Framingham Teen Accused of Selling Pot Brownies at School
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Homeless Woman Arrested After Hitting MetroWest Medical Center Security Guard
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Car Stop in Framingham Yields Heroin
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Man Stopped in Framingham With Over Seven Pounds of Marijuana
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Governor Signs Law Raising Age of Juvenile Jurisdiction
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Worcester Man Accused of Having Sex with Under Age Girls
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Sentence for Framinghman Murder Committed by 17 Year Old Under Scrutiny
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SJC Rules that Law Reducing Mandatory Minimums for Drug Offenders is Retroactive
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Woman Reports that Man Indecently Assaulted her in Sudbury Garage
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Framingham Man Charged with Armed Robbery and Assault and Battery
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Two Men Facing Charges in Ashland Breakins
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Framingham Woman and Teens Facing Larceny Charges
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Marlborough Man Facing Charges after Fight
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Commonwealth v. Feeney – The Latest In Legally Sanctioned Police Lies
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Two from Marlborough Arrested after Fight
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Four Weston Teens Arrested in Ashland for Theft
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Massachusetts student facing drug charges following school sweep
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Haverhill Woman Accused of Violating Court Order
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Northborough Man Charged with Fourth OUI Offense
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Ashland Man Charged with Larceny Following Fight
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Supreme Judicial Court Rules Social Sharing of Marijauana not a Crime
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Southborough Man Faces Assault and Battery on a Police Officer and Other Charges
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New Dog Sniff Cases to Impact Search and Seizure Law in Massachusetts Drug Cases
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Natick Man Charged with Breaking and Entering in Framingham District Court
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Sudbury Man Facing Charges Following Car Crash in Pond
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Civil Forfeiture Article In Metrowest Daily News
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Three Men Charged with Larceny and Drug Crimes in Marlborough
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Out-of-State Man Arrested for Assault at Framingham Hotel
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Franklin Drug Lab Chemist Facing Multiple Charges
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Chelsea Man Accused of Extortion of Framingham Man
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Framingham Woman Facing OUI Charge
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Shrewsbury Bus Driver to be Charged in Pedestrian Death
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Marlborough Man Charged for Bad Checks
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Natick Woman Accused of Stealing, Burning Property
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Framingham Couple Facing Charges After Dispute
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Cambridge Woman Facing Sex Charges
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Bellingham Man Facing Grand Larceny Charges After Arrest at Wegmans
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Two Men Charged with Attempted Murder After Framingham Stabbing
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Marlborough Man Charged in Bank Robbery
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Upton Woman Charged with OUI Following Rollover
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Two Facing Charges for Multiple Car Break-ins in Framingham
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Framingham Men Arrested for Theft
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Framingham Men Charged with Drug Crimes
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Wellesley Doctor Facing Multiple Charges Following Accident
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Massachusetts Medical Marijuana Ballot Question Passes
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Natick Man Charged with Unarmed Robbery
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Framingham Man Arrested for Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
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Three Framingham Teens Charged With Breaking and Entering a Motor Vehicle
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Marlborough Man Charged with Drug Crimes in School Zone
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Two Women Arrested on Prostitution Charges in Framingham Motel
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Three Massachusetts Cities Overuse Arrests at School, According to Study
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Four Framingham Teens Arrested on Marijuana Charges
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Four arrested in Framingham on drug charges
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New Massachusetts 3 Strikes Law Mandates Life Sentences For Many Repeat Violent Offenders
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Domestic Violence Arrest Leads to Attempted Murder Charge for Elderly Holliston Man
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Ashland Teens Face Potential State Prison Sentences
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Minor Accident for Ashland Man Leads to Framingham DUI Arrest, High Breathalyzer Test
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Marlborough Man Could Face Motor Vehicle Homocide Charges in Framingham Crash
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Hit and Run Leads to Ashland DUI Arrest
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Massachusetts Juvenile Charges Are Handled Differently After Trial From Adult Charges
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73 Year Old Wayland Man To Be Charged With Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon
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Raynam Man To Face Felony Charges For Alleged Hoax Bomb In His Possession
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Framingham Man Will Face Receiving Stolen Property Charges, But May Have Defenses
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Medford Man Facing Third Massachusetts DUI Could Serve Time In Jail
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Marlborough Man Facing Open and Gross Charges In Northborough Arrest Will Be Arraigned Tomorrow
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Holliston DUI Charge For Medfield Man Could Mean Mandatory Minimum Jail Time
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Ashland, Massachusetts Man Charged With Possession of Child Pornography Could Face Enhanced Charges
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Cultivation of Marijuana and Possession With Intent To Distribute Marijuana Charges Filed Against Springfield Man After Fire
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Witness Intimidation Charges in Massachusetts Covers an Overly Broad Range of Conduct
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Massachusetts Hate Crimes Law Used to Charge Three Lesbian Women
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Lost or Destroyed Evidence In Massachusetts Case Could Lead To Dismissal of Charges
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Supreme Judicial Court Rules Possession Of Marijuana With The Intent To Distribute Is Still Illegal In Massachusetts
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Self Defense Law and the “Castle Defense” in Massachusetts
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5th Offense DUI Charge for Massachusetts Man Could Mean Lengthy Jail Sentence
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Craigslist Theft Leads To Arrest On Massachusetts Larceny Charges
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Boston Police Reverse Course On Public Recording of Police Action
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Massachusetts Sobriety Checkpoint Results in Arrest of Peabody Man
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Third Offense Drunk Drunk Driving Charges Levied Against Massachusetts School Official
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Massachusetts Domestic Assault and Battery Charges Filed Against Ayer Man For Alleged Attack On Pregnant Wife
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Massachusetts Marijuana Laws Regarding Possession and Distribution Can Be Confusing.
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DUI Charges Filed Against Massachusetts School Bus Driver
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Massachusetts College Student Charged With Felonies After Video Of Incident Is Posted To YouTube
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Heroin “School Zone” Drug Charges May Carry Severe Penalties For Weymouth Man
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Massachusetts Police Authority to Stop Citizens Out Of Jurisdiction Expanded by Supreme Judicial Court
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Receiving Stolen Property Arrest Spurred by Massachusetts Craigslist Posting
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