Slip Opinions

Date
Case

Docket
SJC-13232
Homicide. Controlled Substances. Resisting Arrest. Self-Defense. Practice, Criminal, Assistance of counsel, New trial, Capital case. Evidence, Self-defense, Expert opinion, Prior violent conduct, Prior misconduct. Mental Health.
Dates
January 9, 2026 – July 30, 2026

Docket
25-P-928
Taxation, Corporate excise, Manufacturing corporation.
Dates
April 8, 2026 - July 30, 2026

Docket
SJC-13852
Firearms. Evidence, Authentication, Court record, Prior conviction. District Court, Clerk-Magistrate. Clerk of Court. Practice, Criminal, Prior conviction.
Dates
February 4, 2026 - July 29, 2026

Docket
SJC-13783
Homicide. Firearms. Evidence, Exculpatory, Impeachment of credibility, Identification, Disclosure of evidence, Police report, Third-party culprit. Practice, Criminal, Witness, Disclosure of evidence, Waiver, New trial. Witness, Credibility, Impeachment. Mental Health. Identification. Deoxyribonucleic Acid. Waiver.
Dates
March 4, 2026 - July 28, 2026

Docket
25-P-29
Firearms. Controlled Substances. Constitutional Law, Search and seizure, Reasonable suspicion. Search and Seizure, Protective frisk, Container, Reasonable suspicion. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress.
Dates
January 6, 2026 - July 28, 2026
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