Posts in July, 2015

Jul 22 Haze Hangs over Nantucket & MV Sounds Re: MA Medical Marijuana

Massachusetts is one of a number of states that recently passed a medical marijuana law (in 2012) allowing qualified patients ...

Jul 22 OMG - SJC rules text message now admissible under excited utterance exception to hearsay rule

On July 13, 2015, in Commonwealth v. Mulgrave (SJC-11569), the MA SJC ruled that text messages may be admissible under an ...

Jul 17 Middlesex DA Should Avoid Rerunning Boston Marathon Case in State Court

Last week, Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan confirmed her Office has begun the process of pursuing the first degree ...

Jul 02 SCOTUS Clears Up ACCA - Rules Residual Clause Unconstitutionally Vague

Amidst all the attention following the Supreme Court's decision to declare bans on same-sex marriage unconstitutional, one case ...