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May. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Dilworth

Docket:
SJC-13547
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Criminal-- The Commonwealth is raising various issues arising out of the dismissal of indictments for firearm violations, including the appropriateness of discovery orders requiring the Commonwealth to disclose icons and user names used by police in the Youth Violence Strike Force to monitor Snapchat accounts.
Open CaseConservation Law Foundation v. Energy Facilities Siting Board

Docket:
SJC-13521
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Environmental Law-- This is a challenge to the approval of a Certificate of Environmental Impact and Public Interest involving a proposal by Eversource Energy to build an electric substation in East Boston.
Open CaseKoussa v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13559
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Ballot Initiative Petition-- Whether the Attorney General properly certified initiative petitions and provided proper summaries for ballot initiatives involving the legal status of workers for rideshare and delivery companies.
Open CaseCraney v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13572
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Ballot Initiative Petition-- Whether the Attorney General properly certified an initiative petition that would give transportation network drivers the option to form a union.
Open CaseBodge v. Commonwealth

Docket:
SJC-13567
Argued: 2024-05-06
Summary: Employment Law-- Whether state employees covered by the Massachusetts Paid Family and Medical Leave Act are entitled to accrue certain benefits while they are on family or medical leave.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hinds

Docket:
SJC-13538
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Criminal -- Various issues arising out of conviction for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rodriguez

Docket:
SJC-13540
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Probation; GPS Monitoring-- After a conviction for assault and battery on a child, the defendant is challenging a probation condition requiring GPS monitoring.
Open CaseClark v. Attorney General

Docket:
SJC-13560
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Ballot Initiative Petition-- Whether the Attorney General properly certified an initiative petition that would require minimum wages for tipped workers.
Open CaseHartnett v. Contributory Retirement Appeal Board

Docket:
SJC-13568
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Retirement Law-- The plaintiff, a retired public employee, is appealing a Superior Court decision involving the calculation of her retirement benefits.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13536
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseS&H Independent Premium Brands East, LLC v. Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission

Docket:
SJC-13541
Argued: 2024-05-08
Summary: Administrative Law; Alcoholic Beverages-- Whether plaintiffs, out-of-state companies that wholesale alcoholic beverages, are entitled to seek relief from the Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission with regard to termination of their distribution contracts.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Kelly-Griffin

Docket:
SJC-12728
Argued: 2024-05-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Baez

Docket:
SJC-12912
Argued: 2024-05-10
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Apr. 2024

Open CaseShoucair v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Boston

Docket:
SJC-13526
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Zoning-- The plaintiff is appealing a Superior Court order requiring him to post a bond to appeal a decision of the Zoning Board of Appeals granting a conditional use permit to a company to operate a recreational marijuana dispensary adjacent to the plaintiff’s property.
Open CasePatel v. 7-Eleven, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13485
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Labor Law-- In a matter certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to the Supreme Judicial Court, whether the plaintiffs, franchisees of the defendant, should be classified as independent contractors or employees.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13544
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13515
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Colina

Docket:
SJC-13260
Argued: 2024-04-01
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open Casecamila davalos & others vs. baywatch inc.

Docket:
SJC-13534
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Torts; Statute of Limitations -- In a matter certified by the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts to the Supreme Judicial Court involving a civil action by professional models against a strip club, whether material the defendants publicly posted on Facebook using the plaintiffs’ images without their consent is “inherently unknowable” for purposes of the statute of limitations discovery rule.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13492
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: unavailable
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13493
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: unavailable
Open CaseZurich American Insurance Co. v. Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13535
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Insurance Coverage-- In a matter certified by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to the Supreme Judicial Court, whether rainwater that accumulated on a roof of a hospital and inundated the interior constituted “surface waters” under the provisions of an insurance policy.
Open CaseVita v. New England Baptist Hospital

Docket:
SJC-13542
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Massachusetts Wiretap Act; Website Browsing-- This is a civil action against Massachusetts hospitals in which the plaintiff claims that the defendants violated the Massachusetts Wiretap Act by collecting user data when the plaintiff engaged in browsing activity on the defendants’ public websites.
Open CaseCruz v. Commonwealth

Docket:
SJC-13503
Argued: 2024-04-03
Summary: Erroneous Convictions-- The Commonwealth is claiming that the plaintiff does not meet the criteria to obtain damages against the Commonwealth under the erroneous convictions statute.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Lacrosse

Docket:
SJC-13080
Argued: 2024-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Jeune

Docket:
SJC-13447
Argued: 2024-04-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Mar. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Brown

Docket:
SJC-12229
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- After the defendant was convicted of murder, the Commonwealth is appealing a decision allowing the defendant’s motion for new trial on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Morrison

Docket:
SJC-13527
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- This case deals with the requirements to prove the crime of aggravated kidnapping while armed with a dangerous weapon and involving serious bodily injury to a person.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Gaines

Docket:
SJC-13446
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- Where the defendant had been convicted of murder in 1976, the Commonwealth is appealing a decision allowing the defendant’s motion for new trial on the grounds of newly discovered evidence and failure of the Commonwealth to have produced exculpatory evidence.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. A Juvenile

Docket:
SJC-13505
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Juvenile Law; Sentencing-- Where a juvenile was originally sentenced to incarceration and later resentenced and put on probation, whether the second sentence is unconstitutional if a probation violation may result in a disproportionate sentence.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Baez

Docket:
SJC-13467
Argued: 2024-03-04
Summary: Criminal-- Where the defendant was granted a new trial after having pleaded guilty and was subsequently deported and unable to return to the United States to be tried in person, whether he may appear remotely in the District Court for his retrial.
Open CaseBoston Teachers Union, Local 66 AFT, AFL-CIO v. Boston Public Schools

Docket:
SJC-13491
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Arbitration -- Whether the Boston Teachers Union is entitled to confirmation of an arbitrator’s award under the applicable Massachusetts statute where there is no dispute alleged between the parties regarding the award.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Russo

Docket:
SJC-13531
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- The Commonwealth is appealing the allowance of the defendant’s motion to dismiss a complaint charging animal cruelty arising from the defendant’s refusal to euthanize her suffering terminally ill dog.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rogers

Docket:
SJC-13450
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues involving the denial of the defendant’s motion for new trial and the allowance of a motion to reduce a verdict from first degree murder to second degree murder.
Open CaseFannie Mae v. Branch

Docket:
SJC-13510
Argued: 2024-03-06
Summary: Mortgage Foreclosure-- Various issues arising out of a post-foreclosure summary process action.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. O’Brien

Docket:
SJC-13078
Argued: 2024-03-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Souza

Docket:
SJC-13234
Argued: 2024-03-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Feb. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Scordino

Docket:
SJC-13474
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Criminal-- This is an appeal of a District Court conviction for uttering a false check.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Oliver

Docket:
SJC-13486
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Criminal-- This is an appeal of a District Court conviction for uttering a forged check.
Open CaseFrechette v. D’Andrea

Docket:
SJC-13497
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Summary Process Appeals-- The defendant is appealing a Housing Court order requiring her to pay amounts for use and occupancy during the pendency of her appeal from a judgment of possession in a post-foreclosure summary process action.
Open CaseHanley v. New England Auto Max, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13419
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: District Court Civil Practice-- In a District Court damage action, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to dismiss on the ground of improper amount of damages.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Campbell

Docket:
SJC-13504
Argued: 2024-02-05
Summary: Pretrial Detention-- In a rape prosecution, the defendant is appealing an order of pretrial detention based on dangerousness.
Open CaseBusiness Interiors Floor Covering Business Trust v. Graycor Construction Co., Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13507
Argued: 2024-02-07
Summary: Contracts-- Various issues arising out of a civil action by a subcontractor against a general contractor claiming failure to issue payments within the time periods required by the Prompt Pay Act.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Barros

Docket:
SJC-13506
Argued: 2024-02-07
Summary: Criminal-- Where the defendant pleaded guilty to a deportable offense in the District Court, whether the judge was obligated to conduct a colloquy to determine that the defendant understood the consequences of waiving his right to counsel prior to his guilty plea.
Open CaseFreiner v. Sudders

Docket:
SJC-13514
Argued: 2024-02-07
Summary: Administrative Law-- Whether MassHealth may deny a request for benefits involving nursing home expenses where the applicant for benefits did not submit financial information concerning his spouse.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Lora

Docket:
SJC-12887
Argued: 2024-02-09
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Jan. 2024

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Dunn

Docket:
SJC-13454
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Search and Seizure-- In a prosecution for possession of child pornography, the defendant is appealing the denial of a motion to suppress digital evidence seized pursuant to a search warrant.
Open CaseGood v. Uber Technologies, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13490
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Torts; Arbitration-- In a tort action where the defendant was injured in an automobile accident while riding in an Uber vehicle, whether the defendant agreed to arbitration of the matter by having clicked on the relevant box in the Uber online application regarding terms of use.
Open CaseDoe v. Massachusetts Trial Court

Docket:
SJC-13470
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Torts-- In a negligence action alleging that the plaintiff, a detainee held in custody, was sexually assaulted by a court officer, whether the Massachusetts Trial Court is immune from liability under the Massachusetts Tort Claims Act.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13494
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Robinson

Docket:
SJC-09903
Argued: 2024-01-05
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Huacon

Docket:
SJC-13466
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Juvenile Law-- Where the defendant was indicted as a youthful offender and held on dangerousness grounds, whether the Juvenile Court can require the defendant to engage in a competency remediation program after he was found not competent to stand trial.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13476
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Unavailable
Open CaseOutfront Media LLC v. Board of Assessors of Boston

Docket:
SJC-13489
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Real Estate Taxation-- Whether the City of Boston may assess real estate taxes against advertising billboards owned by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority but managed by a for-profit business.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Jacques

Docket:
SJC-13461
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of conviction for sexual offenses, including the admissibility of evidence under the rape shield statute.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hastings

Docket:
SJC-13495
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Parole-- The defendant, convicted of second-degree murder in 2004, is seeking funds to hire a social services advocate to help him with his upcoming parole hearing.
Open CaseCommonwealth v Lepage

Docket:
SJC-12571
Argued: 2024-01-08
Summary: Unavailable

Dec. 2023

Open CaseCommonwealth v. Gelin

Docket:
SJC-13433
Argued: 2023-12-04
Summary: Probation Revocation-- Various issues arising out of the revocation of defendant’s probation, including the applicability of the exclusionary rule to probation revocation proceedings.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Canjura

Docket:
SJC-13432
Argued: 2023-12-04
Summary: Criminal; Switchblade Knives-- Whether a Massachusetts statute that prohibits the carrying of a switchblade knife violates the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
Open CaseImpounded Case

Docket:
SJC-13465
Argued: 2023-12-04
Summary: No summary.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Bellard

Docket:
SJC-13475
Argued: 2023-12-04
Summary: Criminal-- Whether the Commonwealth presented sufficient evidence to convict the defendant of the crime of witness intimidation.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Rezac

Docket:
SJC-13445
Argued: 2023-12-04
Summary: Criminal Responsibility-- In a prosecution for endangerment of a child and other crimes, whether the Commonwealth met its burden of proving that the defendant was criminally responsible.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Arrington

Docket:
SJC-13499
Argued: 2023-12-06
Summary: Criminal; Evidence-- In a prosecution for murder and other crimes, whether the Commonwealth may introduce into evidence “Frequent Location History” from the defendant’s cellphone.
Open CaseOpenshaw v. Openshaw

Docket:
SJC-13473
Argued: 2023-12-06
Summary: Divorce-- This is an appeal of a decision of the Probate and Family Court awarding alimony and dividing property and debts and also raises the question whether “savings alimony” may be awarded in Massachusetts.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. A Juvenile

Docket:
SJC-13496
Argued: 2023-12-06
Summary: Juvenile Law-- Where a Juvenile Court judge sentenced a juvenile to state prison, whether review of the sentence should occur in the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and if not, whether the appellate court may review the sentence.
Open CaseMack v. Office of District Attorney of Bristol District

Docket:
SJC-13468
Argued: 2023-12-06
Summary: Public Records Law-- A District Attorney’s Office is appealing a Superior Court decision requiring the release of records involving a police shooting pursuant to the Public Records Law.
Open CaseGibney v. Hossack

Docket:
SJC-13436
Argued: 2023-12-06
Summary: Wills-- This case involves the interpretation of a will provision leaving property to a legatee if the legatee survives the decedent.
Open Casecommonwealth vs. terrence tyler

Docket:
SJC-12836
Argued: 2023-12-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Corey

Docket:
SJC-12100
Argued: 2023-12-08
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseAppellate Bench-Bar Conference

Docket:
SJC-0000000
Argued: 2023-12-13
Summary: Appellate Bench-Bar Conference

Nov. 2023

Open CaseBabaletos v. Demoulas Super Markets, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13469
Argued: 2023-11-03
Summary: Trial Procedure-- The defendant is appealing the trial judge’s decision to impose time limits on the presentation of evidence at trial of a wrongful death action involving the smoking of cigarettes.
Open CaseWortis v. Trustees of Tufts College

Docket:
SJC-13472
Argued: 2023-11-03
Summary: Contract Law; Tenure-- Tenured faculty members at Tufts University School of Medicine are claiming breach of contract because of a Tufts’ policy requiring tenured faculty to cover a portion of their salary through external grant funding.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Camuti

Docket:
SJC-13422
Argued: 2023-11-03
Summary: Criminal; DNA Testing-- After a murder conviction, the defendant is appealing the denial of his request for post-conviction DNA testing.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Zucchino

Docket:
SJC-13384
Argued: 2023-11-06
Summary: Criminal-- In this prosecution for causing serious bodily injury while operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, whether the Commonwealth must obtain the defendant’s consent to admit blood testing results into evidence at trial.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Cappellucci

Docket:
SJC-13458
Argued: 2023-11-06
Summary: Search and Seizure-- In a prosecution for driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor and causing serious bodily injury, the Commonwealth is appealing the allowance of a motion to suppress the analysis of defendant’s blood that was drawn in a hospital in connection with the defendant’s medical treatment after an automobile collision.
Open CaseSix Brothers, Inc. v. Town of Brookline

Docket:
SJC-13434
Argued: 2023-11-06
Summary: Municipal Law-- Retail businesses that sell tobacco and e-cigarettes are challenging a Brookline by-law prohibiting the sale of such products to anyone born on or after January 1, 2000.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. A.Z.

Docket:
SJC-13455
Argued: 2023-11-06
Summary: Involuntary Pretrial Hospitalization—A defendant in a criminal case is appealing a District Court order requiring her to be involuntarily hospitalized in a mental health facility before trial.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Kalila

Docket:
SJC-13428
Argued: 2023-11-06
Summary: Criminal; Stay of Execution-- The defendant, convicted of assault-related crimes, is appealing the denial of a motion to stay execution of his sentence pending appeal.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Shepherd

Docket:
SJC-12405
Argued: 2023-11-07
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Escobar

Docket:
SJC-13321
Argued: 2023-11-07
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

Oct. 2023

Open CaseBristol Asphalt Co., Inc. v. Rochester Bituminous Products, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13460
Argued: 2023-10-02
Summary: Anti-SLAPP Statute-- In this action involving the defendants’ challenges to the plaintiff’s attempt to obtain permits to construct a concrete plant, whether the Supreme Judicial Cort should revisit the legal framework for ruling on a special motion to dismiss under the anti-SLAPP statute.
Open CaseColumbia Plaza Associates, Inc. v. Northeastern University

Docket:
SJC-13405
Argued: 2023-10-02
Summary: Anti-SLAPP Statute-- In this action involving the development of property in Boston, whether the Supreme Judicial Cort should revisit the legal framework for ruling on a special motion to dismiss under the anti-SLAPP statute.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. McDermott

Docket:
SJC-13394
Argued: 2023-10-02
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, whose 1982 first-degree murder conviction had been reduced to second-degree murder by the Supreme Judicial Court upon direct appeal, has moved for a new trial, alleging that the prosecutor engaged in homophobic cross-examination and improper closing argument.
Open CaseMurphy v. Mici

Docket:
SJC-13437
Argued: 2023-10-02
Summary: Medical Parole-- The Department of Correction is appealing a Superior Court order requiring it to conduct a hearing on a request for medical parole by a civilly committed sexually dangerous person.
Open CaseFairhaven Housing Authority v. Commonwealth

Docket:
SJC-13412
Argued: 2023-10-02
Summary: Administrative Law-- This is an appeal of the dismissal of plaintiffs’ complaint claiming that Public Housing Notices issued by the Department of Housing and Community Development regarding employment contracts between local housing authorities and their executive directors exceeded the department’s statutory authority.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Scanlon

Docket:
SJC-13375
Argued: 2023-10-02
Summary: Superintendence Petition-- In this superintendence petition, the Commonwealth is seeking to reverse a Superior Court decision disqualifying the prosecutor because the prosecutor’s life had been threatened by the defendant.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Barlow-Tucker

Docket:
SJC-13408
Argued: 2023-10-04
Summary: Criminal; Indictments -- Whether the Superior Court judge was correct in dismissing indictments for involuntary manslaughter on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury and improper evidence presented to the grand jury.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Tucker

Docket:
SJC-13409
Argued: 2023-10-04
Summary: Criminal; Indictments -- Whether the Superior Court judge was correct in dismissing indictments for involuntary manslaughter on the basis of insufficiency of the evidence before the grand jury and improper evidence presented to the grand jury.
Open CaseSutton v. Jordan’s Furniture, Inc.

Docket:
SJC-13382
Argued: 2023-10-04
Summary: Employment Law-- This case involves the proper calculation of a retail salesperson’s weekly sales commission.
Open CaseFallon Community Health Plan, Inc. v Dishnica

Docket:
SJC-13440
Argued: 2023-10-04
Summary: Unemployment Benefits; COVID-19-- An employer is appealing an award of unemployment benefits to an employee, a home health aide, who was terminated for not obtaining a COVID-19 vaccination.
Open Casecommonwealth vs. dante s. padilla

Docket:
SJC-13411
Argued: 2023-10-04
Summary: Juvenile Law; Murder-- Among other issues, whether a juvenile charged with murder and detained pretrial should be kept in an adult detention facility, and if so, whether such detention is unconstitutional.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Marrero

Docket:
SJC-13399
Argued: 2023-10-04
Summary: Criminal; DNA Evidence-- The defendant, having been convicted of murder in 1996, is entitled to a new trial on the ground of post-conviction DNA evidence.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Noguera

Docket:
SJC-13045
Argued: 2023-10-06
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Honsch

Docket:
SJC-12420
Argued: 2023-10-06
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CasePro Bono Awards

Docket:
SJC-PROBONOAWARDS2023
Argued: 2023-10-25
Summary: Pro Bono Awards October 25, 2023 at 4:00 PM

Sep. 2023

Open CaseCommonwealth v. McFarlane

Docket:
SJC-13430
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of possession of a firearm without a license, is challenging his conviction because the Commonwealth failed to provide allegedly exculpatory evidence and because of a jury instruction regarding the burden of proving non-possession of a firearm license.
Open CaseCarroll v. Select Board of the Town of Norwell

Docket:
SJC-13410
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Land Use-- The plaintiffs are appealing a Land Court decision denying their request that the defendant convey a vacant parcel of land to the Conservation Commission as per a town meeting vote.
Open CaseFurnas v. Cirone

Docket:
SJC-13429
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Real Property-- This appeal arises out of a judgment for contempt for failure to comply with a court decree ordering partition of real estate held as joint tenants.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Robinson

Docket:
SJC-08464
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- The defendant, convicted of murder, is appealing the denial of his motion for new trial in which he argued ineffective assistance of counsel.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Guardado

Docket:
SJC-13315
Argued: 2023-09-11
Summary: Criminal-- Where the Supreme Judicial Court entered an order vacating the defendant’s conviction for unlawful possession of a firearm and remanded the case for entry of a judgment of not guilty because of an erroneous jury instruction regarding the burden of proving absence of a firearms license, whether the court should reconsider its order and remand the case for a new trial.
Open CaseGraham v. District Attorney for Hampden County

Docket:
SJC-13386
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Superintendence Petition-- In this superintendence petition, the petitioners claim that the Hampden County District Attorney has failed to investigate a pattern of misconduct on the part of the Springfield Police Department involving criminal defendants.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. James

Docket:
SJC-13395
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Criminal; Return of Property-- After a conviction of statutory rape, the defendant is seeking return of property seized by police that was not contraband or evidence of criminal activity, including his computer hard drive.
Open CaseGattineri v. Wynn MA, LLC

Docket:
SJC-13416
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Contracts-- The United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has certified a question to the Supreme Judicial Court regarding the enforceability of an agreement to sell property for the construction of a gaming casino.
Open CaseMatter of Mason

Docket:
SJC-13439
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Decedents’ Estates; Medicaid-- MassHealth is appealing a decision of the Probate and Family Court invalidating a lien on a decedent’s real estate to recover Medicaid benefits and rejecting MassHealth’s claim against the decedent’s estate on the basis of the running of the statute of limitations.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Davidson

Docket:
SJC-13438
Argued: 2023-09-13
Summary: Subject Matter Jurisdiction-- Whether a civil action commenced in the Superior Court by the Attorney General alleging housing discrimination may be transferred to the Housing Court.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Troche

Docket:
SJC-12984
Argued: 2023-09-15
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.
Open CaseCommonwealth v. Hart

Docket:
SJC-13217
Argued: 2023-09-15
Summary: Criminal-- Various issues arising out of murder conviction.

 
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