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The Supreme Judicial Court Takes Up Massachusetts’ Firearm Suitability Standard in Pratt v. Westbrook

By Attorney Joe Serpa | Georgetown University Law Center September 23, 2026 The Holyoke police chief denied Randy Westbrook a license to carry a firearm, pointing to charges filed more than a decade earlier that never led to a conviction. Westbrook asked a court to overturn the denial. The Supreme Judicial Court has now agreed…

The Clancy Mistrial and the Juror Questionnaire

On September 4, 2026, a Plymouth County jury could not agree in the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, and the judge declared a mistrial. In the two weeks since, reporting has turned to the lone holdout and to what he did or did not disclose before he was seated. A judge impounded the jury list…

Automatic License Plate Readers and Flock Cameras in Massachusetts Criminal Cases

How prosecutors use automatic license plate reader data, what Commonwealth v. McCarthy requires, and how the defense challenges the search and the accuracy of the reads.