Reported Appellate Decisions

  • Commonwealth v. Grassie, 482 Mass. 1017 (2019)(murder/mitigation)
  • Commonwealth v. Larsen, 94 Mass.App.Ct. 1107 (2018)(police/misleading law enforcement)
  • Commonwealth v. Grassie, 476 Mass. 202 (2017)(murder/grand jury/self-defense/mitigation)
  • United States v. Coughlin, 609 Fed. App. 659, 2015 WL 2124763 (1st Cir. 2015)(civil right violation/police excessive force/assault and battery)
  • Sonia v. Town of Brookline, 914 F. Supp. 2d 36 (D. Mass. 2012)(civil rights)
  • Commonwealth v. Phillips, 78 Mass. App. Ct. 1116 (2010)(dismissal of complaint/separation of powers/accord and satisfaction/police officers)
  • Hadfield v. McDonough, 407 F.3d 11 (1st Cir. 2005)(First Amendment/employment/civil rights)
  • Kelley v. LaForce, 288 F.3d l (1st Cir. 2002)(police civil rights/due process)
  • Rogers v. Vicuna, 264 F.3d 1 (1st Cir. 2001)(police civil rights)
  • Rogers v. Town of Northborough, 188 F. Supp.2d 10 (D. Mass. 2002)(police civil rights)
  • Rogers v. United States, 108 F. Supp.2d 65 (D. Mass. 2000)(police civil rights/sovereign immunity)
  • Picard v. Thomas, 60 Mass. App. Ct. 362, further app. rev. denied, 441 Mass. 1106 (2004)(wrongful death/motor vehicle/negligence)
  • Commonwealth v. Qualls, 425 Mass. 163 (1997)(murder/state of mind evidence)
  • Commonwealth v. Futch, 38 Mass. App. Ct. 174 (1995)(jury empanelment/preemptory challenges)
  • Commonwealth v. Jackson, 417 Mass. 830 (1994)(murder/prior conduct to establish identity)
  • Commonwealth v. Noble, 417 Mass. 341 (1994) S.C. 34 Mass. App. Ct. 415 (1993) (murder/use of prior grand jury testimony)
  • Commonwealth v. Jenkins, 416 Mass. 736 (1994)(murder/jury instructions/coercion of jury)
  • Commonwealth v. Willis, 415 Mass. 814 (1993)(search and seizure/firearms)
  • Commonwealth v. Randolph, 415 Mass. 364 (1993)(murder/jury instructions/reasonable doubt)
  • Commonwealth v. Coplin, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 478 (1993)(drug trafficking/Miranda)
  • Commonwealth v. Greenberg, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 197 (1993)(murder/destruction of evidence)
  • Commonwealth v. Smith, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 947 (1992)(assault with intent to murder/ confession/corroboration)
  • Cowans v. City of Boston, 2007 WL 28419 (D. Mass. 2007)(exercise of Fifth Amendment privilege)
  • Montanez v. Arbella Mutual Insurance Company, 2000 Mass. App. Div. 199, 2000 WL 558902 (2000)(insurance/personal injury protection)