Gabrielle R. Wolohojian said there may be times she would recuse herself from cases on the Supreme Judicial Court. But no member of the Governor's Council asked her directly how she would approach those involving Governor Maura Healey.
Cambridge District Court Clerk-Magistrate Sharon Shelfer Casey has until Friday to respond to questions from the Supreme Judicial Court about why the court hearings of alleged clients of a Massachusetts sex ring catering to prominent clientele should be held in public.
DEPOSIT PHOTOS Criminal defense attorneys say a recent Supreme Judicial Court decision should give defendants a better chance of establishing that a pedestrian stop was racially motivated in violation of equal protection guarantees under the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. In the case in question, three Boston police officers in an unmarked vehicle received reports of
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upholds conviction of Chicopee resident Benjamin Martinez in 2004 murder of Caridad Puente of Springfield
Updated 1:20 PM;
Today 1:20 PM
Benjamin Martinez, shown here being led into court for his 2017 trial, has had his appeal of his murder conviction rejected by the Supreme Judicial Court.
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BOSTON The state’s highest court on Friday declined to overturn the first-degree murder conviction of Benjamin Martinez of Chicopee, who is serving a life sentence for the 2004 killing of a pregnant woman in her Springfield apartment.
In a 21-page decision, the Supreme Judicial Court turned aside Martinez’s appeal of his conviction, and dismissed his arguments that errors by the trial judge regarding the admission of evidence and instructions to the jury contributed to a wrongful conviction.
SJC rejects bid for new trial by David Chalue, convicted in 2011 Berkshire County ‘Hells Angels’ triple murder
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
Posted Feb 23, 2021
The state Supreme Judicial Court has rejected a petition for a new trial by David Chalue, convicted of three counts of 1st-degree murder in the 2011 homicide of three Pittsfield men (Michael S. Gordon/The Republican file photo)
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BOSTON The state’s highest court on Tuesday rejected a bid for a new trial by David Chalue, one of the three defendants convicted for a 2011 Berkshire County triple murder where three Pittsfield men were abducted, killed and dismembered, and then buried in the woods in Becket.