Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog

The Massachusetts State Police crime laboratory changed how it analyzes blood in operating-under-the-influence cases as of February 19, 2026. Every blood sample drawn in an OUI investigation across Suffolk County and the Commonwealth now goes through both alcohol and drug testing, even when the alcohol result alone would explain the arrest. For anyone facing an OUI charge in ...

A Massachusetts sobriety checkpoint now routinely produces a complete audio and video record of a driver’s roadside encounter, captured on troopers’ body-worn cameras. The Supreme Judicial Court addressed that kind of recording for the first time in a decision issued June 2, 2026, holding that footage from a State Police checkpoint can be used as evidence in an operating unde...

Massachusetts ruling issued May 7, 2026 has changed what a noncitizen can do about an old drug admission that is now driving a deportation case. In Commonwealth v. Chhieng, the Supreme Judicial Court held that a District Court judge’s immigration warning was...