Slip Opinions

Date
Case

Docket
SJC-12702
Homicide. Firearms. Armed Assault with Intent to Murder. Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon. Evidence, Firearm, Scientific test, Expert opinion, Presumptions and burden of proof, Inference, Argument by prosecutor, Identification. Witness, Expert. Identification. Practice, Criminal, Presumptions and burden of proof, Argument by prosecutor, New trial, Capital case.
Dates
December 8, 2025 - September 22, 2026

Docket
25-P-1082
Constitutional Law, Search and seizure. Search and Seizure, Motor vehicle, Impoundment of vehicle, Inventory, Fruits of illegal search. Practice, Criminal, Motion to suppress.
Dates
April 7, 2026 - September 21, 2026

Docket
25-P-396
Rape. Practice, Criminal, Mistrial, Instructions to jury, Impoundment order. Impoundment. Sealing.
Dates
May 14, 2026 – September 18, 2026

Docket
SJC-13840
Housing and Livable Communities. Housing. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority. Municipal Corporations, Expenditure of money, Standing to assert constitutional right, Home rule, By-laws and ordinances, Town meeting. Regulation. Zoning, By-law. Constitutional Law, Standing. Practice, Civil, Standing, Declaratory proceeding, Injunctive relief, Waiver, Motion to dismiss. Waiver.
Dates
March 4, 2026 – September 18, 2026

Docket
2581CR00392
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SUPPRESS
Dates
August 4, 2026
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