On Monday Associate Justice Frank Gaziano ruled that a Boston Municipal Court judge had no authority to overrule the Suffolk District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute some of the counter demonstrators arrested at the recent Straight Pride Parade in Boston.

Here are links to Justice Gaziano’s opinion and the WBUR story.  

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/6391513-RoderickWebberJudgmentSJ-2019-0366.htm

https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/09/09/states-highest-court-sides-with-suffolk-da-rollins-in-straight-pride-battle-with-judge

Social Law Library resources on Massachusetts criminal procedure include:

Also available and an e-book
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1149839

Massachusetts Criminal Law
http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1136337

Massachusetts District Court Criminal Defense Manual http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1150760

Massachusetts Superior Court Criminal Practice Manual http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1138677

Massachusetts Superior Court Criminal Practice Forms http://encore.socialaw.com/iii/encore/record/C__Rb1028432