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2026-10-31: Leaving a 14-Year-Old and a 9-Year-Old Home Alone for Days: The Florida Case Under Massachusetts Law
2026-10-29: Withdrawing an Old OUI Plea After the Massachusetts Breathalyzer Scandal: Commonwealth v. Pierre
2026-10-26: Massachusetts Restraining Order and Harassment Prevention Order Appeals: The Week of October 19, 2026
2026-10-26: When Holding a Person’s ID for a Warrant Check Becomes a Seizure: Commonwealth v. Bennett
2026-10-26: The Age-21 License to Carry Requirement After Bruen: Commonwealth v. Thomson
2026-10-26: Coercive Control at a Chapter 209A Extension Hearing: Kehlani K. v. Tripp T.
2026-10-19: Gunshot Residue Evidence in a Massachusetts Murder Trial: Commonwealth v. Williams
2026-10-18: The Effort to Expose Cornell’s Jane Doe: Doxing, Misogyny, and the Law
2026-10-16: When the Police Protect and Serve Only Themselves: Sandra Birchmore and the Federal Trial of Matthew Farwell
2026-10-16: Proving Who Sent Anonymous Emails in a Massachusetts Stalking Case: Commonwealth v. Hayes
2026-10-16: When Police May Frisk a Person for a Gun in Massachusetts: Commonwealth v. Vihaan V.
2026-10-13: SJC Affirms Denial of 258E Harassment Prevention Order Expungement: Piper P. v. Barron B.
2026-10-06: Photographing an Unsuspecting Nude Person Must Be Intentional and Disseminating Must Be to a Third Party: Commonwealth v. Goncalves
2026-10-05: When ICE Detains a Defendant With an Open Massachusetts Criminal Case
2026-10-03: Voluntary Intoxication and Consent After the Cornell Case: The New York Rule and the Massachusetts Rule
2026-10-03: How the Men of Cornell University Failed Jane Doe: The Cornell Fraternity Rape Case Under New York and Massachusetts Law
2026-09-29: Lindsay Clancy Hearing on September 29, 2026 and the Retrial Question
2026-09-28: Confrontation Rights and Harmless Error in a Family or Household Member Assault Case: Commonwealth v. Khadgi
2026-09-28: Vehicle Impoundment and Inventory Searches in Massachusetts: The Appeals Court Decision in Commonwealth v. Beechman
2026-09-23: The Supreme Judicial Court Takes Up Massachusetts’ Firearm Suitability Standard in Pratt v. Westbrook
2026-09-17: The Clancy Mistrial and the Juror Questionnaire
2026-09-15: Automatic License Plate Readers and Flock Cameras in Massachusetts Criminal Cases
2026-09-13: Apple Watch AI, Meta Glasses, and Other Wearables Under Massachusetts Wiretap Law
2026-09-13: After the Mistrial: The Renewed Motion for a Required Finding of Not Guilty in the Clancy Case
2026-09-12: The 2026 District Attorney Primaries: What the Results Mean for Defendants in Suffolk, Middlesex, and Norfolk Counties
2026-09-11: Medical Expert Testimony in Massachusetts Criminal Cases: The Hsu Decision on Abusive Head Trauma
2026-09-09: The Lindsay Clancy Trial: A Cruel, Insensitive, and Out-of-Touch Prosecution
2026-09-07: Withdrawing a Guilty Plea After Later-Discovered Police Misconduct
2026-09-03: The Lindsay Clancy Jury Dispute: When Massachusetts Law Permits Removal of a Deliberating Juror
2026-09-02: Filming Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy Trial and Massachusetts Witness Intimidation Law
2026-08-31: How I Try a Massachusetts OUI Case After a Breathalyzer Refusal
2026-08-28: Massachusetts Chapter 163 Changes Immigration Enforcement and Criminal Cases
2026-08-28: Massachusetts Marijuana Possession and Transfer Limits Changed in 2026
2026-08-27: How I Research, Write, and Argue a Motion to Suppress or Dismiss
2026-08-27: How I Use Experts in a Massachusetts Criminal Case
2026-08-27: How I Prepare a Massachusetts Criminal Case for Trial
2026-08-27: How I Give a Closing Argument in a Massachusetts Criminal Trial
2026-08-27: How I Decide When to Object in a Massachusetts Criminal Trial
2026-08-27: When I Advise a Client to Testify, and Why I Usually Do Not
2026-08-27: How I Open a Massachusetts Criminal Trial
2026-08-27: How I Pick a Jury in a Massachusetts Criminal Trial
2026-08-26: Massachusetts Criminal Decisions Roundup: August 2026
2026-08-14: Adjutant Evidence and Rebuttal in Massachusetts Self-Defense Cases
2026-08-14: Massachusetts Question 9: What the 2026 Firearms Referendum Changes Before Election Day, and What It Does Not
2026-08-13: Foreign-Language Interrogations and Impeachment: Commonwealth v. Figueroa
2026-08-13: When a Police Chase Becomes a Seizure: Commonwealth v. Palmer
2026-08-13: Commonwealth v. Solis: Delays in Cell Phone Search Warrants Under Article 14
2026-07-28: The Section 24D Disposition in a Massachusetts First Offense OUI
2026-07-28: OUI by Summons: The Clerk-Magistrate Hearing in a Massachusetts OUI Case
2026-07-28: Sealing Dismissals and CWOFs in Massachusetts: A Practitioner’s Guide
2026-07-28: Massachusetts Criminal Decisions Roundup: July 2026
2026-07-28: A Practitioner’s Guide to the Motion to Suppress in Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Stops
2026-07-27: Improper Closing Argument in a Domestic Violence Trial: Commonwealth v. Pena
2026-07-27: When a Traffic Stop Must End: Commonwealth v. Steward and the Limits of Prolonged Detention
2026-07-27: The Appeals Court Vacates a 209A Order Based on Coercive Control: V.B. v. B.W.R.T.
2026-07-25: State and Federal Records of Massachusetts 209A Restraining Orders and 258E Harassment Prevention Orders
2026-07-24: Forensic Drug Evidence in Massachusetts: Substitute Analysts and Confrontation
2026-07-24: Massachusetts Gun Licensing After Bruen: Nonresidents and Travelers
2026-07-24: OUI in a Parked Car: The Operation Element in Massachusetts
2026-07-23: An Out-of-State OUI Dismissed Before Arraignment, With No Record and No License Consequences
2026-07-22: United States v. Coloian: The Acquitted Defendant Whose Federal Record No Court Could Erase
2026-07-22: Commonwealth v. Hallinan and Massachusetts Alcotest 9510 Cases
2026-07-22: Commonwealth v. Grimaldi: The SJC Allows Checkpoint Bodycam Recordings of Field Sobriety Tests
2026-07-20: Commonwealth v. Watson: Postconviction Digital Forensic Analysis of Cell Phones Under G. L. c. 278A
2026-07-19: Cross-Examining an Absent Accuser: Excited Utterances, Spontaneous Utterances, and Section 806 in a Massachusetts Domestic Violence Trial
2026-07-18: Commonwealth v. Arias: The SJC’s New Limit on Delayed Traffic Stops
2026-07-18: Massachusetts Marijuana OUI and the 2026 Social Consumption Rules
2026-07-17: How I Cross-Examine in a Massachusetts Criminal Case
2026-07-17: Cross-Examining the Field Sobriety Opinion in a Massachusetts OUI Trial
2026-07-17: Commonwealth v. Cahill: History of a Massachusetts OUI Disposition
2026-07-16: What Is Coercive Control Under Massachusetts 209A Law?
2026-07-16: Massachusetts 209A Extension Hearings: Evidence and Burden
2026-07-14: Secret Recordings at a 209A Hearing in Massachusetts
2026-07-10: How Massachusetts Judges Decide Sealing and Expungement Petitions
2026-07-10: Gravito v. Commonwealth: Defendants May Obtain Their Own Sealed Acquittal Records
2026-07-10: The SJC’s Chhieng Decision: A Defective Immigration Warning Can Reopen an Old Massachusetts Case
2026-07-10: Chatrie v. United States: The Supreme Court Brings Geofence Warrants Under the Fourth Amendment
2026-07-08: Testifying at a 209A Restraining Order Hearing While the Criminal Case Is Pending
2026-07-07: The Modern Massachusetts Traffic Stop: Phones, GPS, License Plate Readers, and the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree
2026-07-05: Losing a Gun License After a Massachusetts Domestic Arrest
2026-07-05: Can a Victim Drop Domestic Charges in Massachusetts?
2026-06-30: When Another State Will Not Renew Your License: The Massachusetts Default Warrant Problem
2026-06-29: Negligent Operation Clerk-Magistrate Hearings in Massachusetts
2026-06-29: Shoplifting and Larceny Clerk-Magistrate Hearings in Massachusetts: Keeping the Charge Off the Criminal Record
2026-06-29: Massachusetts Unlicensed Operation Hearings for International Students and Skilled Workers
2026-06-28: Can Police Search My Car in Massachusetts Without a Warrant? What the Law Requires
2026-06-28: How Massachusetts Drug Cases Are Defended: Suppression and Trial Evidence
2026-06-28: First Amendment Limits in Massachusetts Criminal Harassment and 258E Cases
2026-06-27: I Received a Show Cause Notice in Massachusetts. What Do I Do?
2026-06-27: What Happens After an OUI Arrest in Massachusetts
2026-06-27: Fighting an OUI in Massachusetts: How Cases Are Won at Trial
2026-06-27: How Massachusetts Domestic Violence Charges Are Prosecuted and Resolved
2026-06-24: When Does Unwanted Contact Become Harassment Under Massachusetts Law?
2026-06-23: A Massachusetts Criminal Charge Can End a Visa, Trigger Deportation, or Cancel Work Authorization Before Any Conviction
2026-06-17: What to Do in the First 24 Hours After an Arrest in Massachusetts
2026-06-17: Your Fifth Amendment Right to Refuse to Provide Your iPhone Passcode in Massachusetts: What the Law Says
2026-06-17: Digital Search Warrants in Massachusetts: What Police Must Prove to Search Your Phone or Computer
2026-06-15: Massachusetts Criminal Traffic Citations and the Four-Day Clerk-Hearing Deadline
2026-05-30: Student Fake ID Cases in Boston: Enforcement and the Summons
2026-05-24: Missed the Massachusetts Gun Registration Deadline? What Happens Now

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