Oral Arguments, January 8, 2026, Desmond, D'Angelo, Smyth, JJ., presiding

Massachusetts Appeals Court · January 8, 2026

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Court convenes and panel introductions

Announcement

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Judge Desmond opens the session, introduces the panel (Judge Smith at left, Judge D'Angelo at right), says the panel has read materials for five cases and sets 15 minutes per side with no rebuttal; warns there may be no break or only a single break after the third case.

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Oral arguments before a three-judge panel of the Massachusetts Appeals Court (Judges Desmond, Smith and D'Angelo). The panel heard five appeals this morning covering ineffective assistance and lost evidence, peremptory-challenge errors, sufficiency of evidence for a dangerous-weapon finding, construction/demolition causation and a vaccine-exemption/undue-hardship claim; all matters were submitted for decision.

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