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Panel weighs excessive-force and resisting-arrest issues in Nascimento appeal
Massachusetts Appeals Court (oral arguments) · January 5, 2026
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Summary
Appellant argued video shows excessive force and insufficient evidence for resisting arrest and assault convictions; the Commonwealth replied that officers effected an arrest and the defendant responded violently, supporting convictions.
The Appeals Court heard argument in docket 25P0328, Commonwealth v. Nascimento, where appellant counsel Corey Arder argued the evidence was insufficient to support convictions for resisting arrest and assault and battery on an officer because Mr. Nascimento did not know he was under arrest and acted in self-defense against excessive…
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