Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

A New Bedford man whose friend was shot and killed when the pair tried to rob a city cab driver at knifepoint in August 2018 can be prosecuted for manslaughter, according to the state's highest court.

The suspect in a fatal crash last year in Taunton that allegedly involved drugs and alcohol will likely be released on bail after the state's highest court decided prosecutors could not hold him before his trial.

The state's highest court has upheld the first degree murder conviction of the Wareham man found guilty of killing 31-year-old Julio Barbosa outside of a New Bedford 7-Eleven in July 2012.

Evidence against a Taunton man arrested and charged with firearms offenses after a pat frisk during a traffic stop will not be allowed in court after a decision from the state's Supreme Judicial Court.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Tuesday that Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is legally authorized to collect revenues for his office through phone service fees, finding in his favor in a 2018 lawsuit alleging the office was conducting an "illegal kickback scheme."

A negligence lawsuit against the city of New Bedford and the county sheriff's office stemming from the 2013 death of Egidio Batista in protective custody has been allowed to proceed.

One man is getting out of prison after spending more than half his life there for a Fall River murder he committed in 1999, when he was just 17 years old.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to get involved in a challenge to Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker's executive orders issued during the COVID panic.

If Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey can't determine what a 'child born alive' means, she ought to resign.

Soliciting of any kind should be prohibited from roadsides and street corners. It is a safety hazard.