Slip Opinions

Date
Case

Docket
SJC-12678
Homicide. Self-Defense. Evidence, Self-defense, Prior violent conduct. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, Instructions to jury, New trial, Capital case. Constitutional Law, Assistance of counsel.
Dates
May 8, 2026 - August 13, 2026

Docket
SJC-13823 / SJC-13835
Cellular Telephone. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure. Search and Seizure, Warrant. Practice, Criminal, Warrant, Motion to suppress. Time.
Dates
January 5, 2026 – August 12, 2026

Docket
19-P-63
Constitutional Law, Assistance of counsel, Waiver of constitutional rights. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, Self-representation, Waiver, New trial. Waiver.
Dates
November 5, 2025 - August 12, 2026

Docket
SJC-13873
Controlled Substances. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure, Reasonable suspicion. Search and Seizure, Threshold police inquiry, Reasonable suspicion, Pursuit. Threshold Police Inquiry. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress.
Dates
April 6, 2026 - August 10, 2026

Docket
SJC-13821
Insurance, Liability insurance, Construction of policy, Coverage, Defense of proceedings against insured, Insurer's obligation to defend. Contract, Insurance. Medicine. Board of Registration in Medicine. Doctor, License to practice medicine, Prescription. Declaratory Relief. Words, "Professional services."
Dates
April 6, 2026 - August 7, 2026
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