Case Updates
2006 Year in Review: Decisions of Note: May 2006-April 2007
By Gloria Tan, Esq., Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute
Some of the cases of note that are discussed include:
- Commonwealth v. Roland R.
- Commonwealth v. Kirwan
- Commonwealth v. Ogden O.
- Commonwealth v. Guthrie G
- And many more
New Juvenile Cases
, April 2007
Cases include:
Commonwealth v. Dillon D., and
Commonwealth v. Ogden O.
Commonwealth v. Guthrie G.,
2006
Public safety
exception and Miranda, consultation with an interested adult
2005 Year in Review:
Decisions of Note: April 2005-April 2006
By Gloria Tan, Esq., Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute, and Jocelyn Simonson, Harvard Law School
Some of the topics and cases of note that are discussed include:
- Cases involving Crawford v. Washington and the right to confrontation
- Commonwealth v. Le and other cases involving Hearsay
- Georgia v. Reynolds and consent to search
- Commonwealth v. Durham and reciprocal discovery
- Commonwealth v. Sebastian and Pre-Trial Probation
- And many more
2004 Year in Review: Delinquency Case Law Update and Other
Cases of Note
by Cecely Reardon, Youth Advocacy Project (includes cases
decided between January and March 2005)
This document covers the following cases and topics, the
summaries of which can be accessed by clicking the links
below:
Crawford v. Washington,
124 S.Ct. 1354 (2004) - Sixth Amendment; hearsay
Roper v.
Simmons, 125 S.Ct. 1183 (2005) - juvenile death
penalty
Commonwealth v. DiGiambattista,
442 Mass. 423 (2004) - voluntariness, recording of confession
Commonwealth v. Adjutant,
SJC-09299 (Mass. 2005) - evidence of victim's propensity for
violence in self-defense cases
Commonwealth v. Wilson, 441 Mass.
390 (2004) - plain feel doctrine
Other Criminal Cases of Note
The
New Rules of Criminal Procedure,
by Chris Dearborn, CPCS Salem
2003 Year in Review: Delinquency Case Law Update and Other
Cases of Note
by Cecely Reardon, Youth Advocacy Project
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