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In Commonwealth v. Garafalo, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) delivered a major blow to the government’s attempt to stretch the human trafficking statute to deliver heavy handed...

A recent Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruling highlights the importance of fully advising defendants about the immigration consequences of a guilty plea. In Commonwealth v. Santana, the Court...

Democracy does not collapse all at once. It erodes in seemingly imperceptible increments. The result is the same: core institutions are treated as annoyances rather than guarantees; government...

This is an incredibly common belief for those charged with crimes. It is even more common for people without a long record or limited involvement in the criminal...

One of the most common questions that a Lowell criminal defense attorney will receive is what to do when the police want to talk to you? The answer...

In Commonwealth v. Raspberry, 93 Mass. App. Ct. 633 (2018), the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained through warrantless real-time tracking...

In Commonwealth v. Wurtzberger, 22-P-764 (2024), the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the conviction of a defendant for operating under the influence (OUI) in a municipal parking lot, ruling...

In In the Matter of a Motion to Compel, 492 Mass. 811 (2023), The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that, when responding to a request under the Uniform...

InCommonwealth v. Du, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 469 (2023), the Massachusetts Appeals Court threw out of court secret audio-visual recordings of drug purchases from the defendant, made without...

The defendant in Commonwealth v. Sweeting-Bailey, 488 Mass. 741 (2021), argued that a firearm discovered during a patfrisk should be suppressed, claiming that the traffic stop was a...