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[Consolidated.] J. Cypher determines that the evidence before a grand jury was sufficient to support that a foster parent couple committed involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment of a child. One of their foster children died of complications from strep throat, bronchopneumonia and fluid collecting in his lungs because they failed to obtain medical care for him. Reversed.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Cypher, Filed On: January 8, 2024, Case #: SJC-13408, Categories: Manslaughter, Child Victims
J. Cypher finds that the lower court improperly awarded partial summary judgment to the niece in a case where decedent left funds to be used to care for her cocker spaniel, Licorice, but the dog died before her, making the correct way to distribute the funds unclear. While the trust is meant to take care of Licorice and any other pets following her death, with the remaining funds to be donated to charity, that does not necessarily mean decedent intended for the funds to be donated to charity if her pets died before her. Vacated.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Cypher, Filed On: August 24, 2023, Case #: SJC-13397, Categories: Trusts, Wills / Probate
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J. Cypher affirms the denial of the defendant’s motion for a new trial, which the defendant requested based on blood and DNA trial evidence that he argues is unreliable. The blood and DNA evidence was only part of the evidence used, and other evidence included numerous statements by the defendant, including threatening statements to the victim and his loved ones and telling police he expected them when they showed up to arrest him.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Cypher, Filed On: July 28, 2023, Case #: SJC-13312, Categories: Dna, Evidence, Murder
J. Cypher upholds the lower court's denial of defendant's motion to suppress evidence discovered in his vehicle during his trial for the lethal shooting and stabbing of a man who had an affair with defendant's wife. The vehicle, which was parked in defendant's driveway, was not within the curtilage of the home. Affirmed.
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Court, Judge: Cypher, Filed On: June 5, 2023, Case #: SJC-13239, Categories: Murder, Search