Wolohojian, Gabrielle R.

Opinions Summarized in Lawyers Weekly

• Criminal – Murder
• Juvenile – Threat against a place – ‘Counterman’ instruction
• Criminal – DNA testing – Defendant’s death
• DNA testing order upheld post-death
• Criminal – Bail – Release
• Criminal – Armed Career Criminal Act – Predicate offenses
• ‘Sequential prosecution’ rule not obiter dictum
• Defendant not ‘on release’ prior to posting bail
• Criminal – Murder
• Criminal – Effectiveness of counsel – Plea negotiations
• Conviction upheld despite counsel’s failure to seek plea
• No Wage Act remedies for unpaid retention bonuses
• Employment – Retention bonuses – Wage Act
• Retention bonus payments not ‘wages,’ SJC rules
• Pandemic delays not a speedy trial factor, SJC rules 
• Criminal – Immunity – State senator
• Use variance upheld for lack of standing
• Zoning – Standing – Use variance
• Child support reimbursement order vacated by SJC
• Criminal – Confrontation – DNA
• SJC upholds convictions despite confrontation error
• Search and seizure – Extraterritorial authority – Cellphone
• SJC orders suppression of cellphone seized out of state
• SJC’s sober home ruling raises questions about ‘family’ in zoning laws
• Criminal – Self-defense – Defense of another
• Sober house residents not deemed a ‘family’
• Zoning – Sober house – ‘Family’
• Criminal – Murder
• Municipal – Flavored tobacco – Board of health
• Tobacco fine imposed by board of health upheld by SJC
• Contract – Right of first refusal – Consent
• SJC upholds affordable housing ruling
• Juvenile – Expungement
• Denial of juvenile expungement petition upheld by SJC
• Administrative – Housing assistance – Immediate placement proviso
• Verification not needed for emergency housing assistance
• Public utilities – Substation
• Substation in East Boston approved by SJC
• Elections – Ballot question – Title
• Elections – Ballot question – Certification
• Elections – Ballot question – Relatedness
• MCAS ballot question challenge rejected by SJC
• Certification of ballot questions on status of app-based driver upheld
• Nondisclosure of harassment suit in bankruptcy filing doesn’t void claim
• Employment – Judicial estoppel – Bankruptcy
• Labor – Retaliation – G.L.c. 150E
• Criminal – Consent – Intellectual disability
• Domestic relations – Chapter 209A – Abuse
• Hopedale residents inch closer to vindication for acres of bulldozed trees
• Juvenile – Continuance – Sentencing
• Disinherited son can’t challenge appointment of personal rep
• Wills and trusts – Standing – ‘Interested person’
• Appeals Court says officer’s use of app violated wiretap statute
• Search and seizure – Wiretap – Cellphone audio-visual recordings
• Domestic relations – Eviction – Res judicata
• Homestead Act shields father from contempt order over support
• Real property – Homestead – Child support
• Jury and jurors – Bias – Questionnaire
• Municipal – Option to purchase forest land – Standing
• Wills and trusts – Trustee removal – Mootness
• Criminal – Probation – Restitution
• Criminal – Photo array – Tattoos
• Taxation – Solar exemption
• Negligence – Suicide – Innkeeper
• Zoning – Intervention – Timeliness
• Litigants appeal discovery order after inviting dismissal
• Attorneys – Privilege – ‘At issue’ waiver
• Plaintiffs’ bar notching key wins in tobacco litigation
• Products liability – Cigarettes – Design defect
• Wills and trusts – Duty to account – Duty of care
• Zoning – Appeal – Enforcement request
• Municipal – Road maintenance – Abutter
• Criminal – Jury trial – Waiver
• Municipal – Mandatory retirement age – Police
• Criminal – Competency – Waiver of counsel
• Inspector not liable for lead poisoning
• Negligence – Lead inspection
• Wills and trusts – Testamentary capacity
• Landlord and tenant – Section 8 – At-will tenancy
• Mortgages – Obsolete mortgage statute – Maturity date
• Insurance – Spoilage – Warehouse
• Search and seizure – Car – Passenger
• Parent and child – Guardianship – Termination – Jurisdiction
• Criminal – Consent – Mistake – Indecent assault and battery
• Mortgages – Acceleration – Maturity date
• Domestic relations – Custody – Parenting time
• Juvenile – Parole – DYS
• Criminal – Probation – Conditions
• Civil practice – New trial – Closing argument
• Appeals Court: Judge erred in granting new trial in ‘burger bone’ case
• Eye doctor cannot sue under Wage Act after practice breakup
• Corporate – Fiduciary duty – Competing enterprise
• Zoning – Use variance – Lapse
• Negligence – Emotional distress – Child trespasser
• Search and seizure – Frisk – Statements
• Criminal – Identification evidence – Surveillance video
• Criminal – Parental kidnapping – Breaking and entering
• Negligence – Medical malpractice – Childbirth
• Appeals Court: Suit over woman’s death in childbirth should have gone forward
• Mortgages – Affidavit of sale
• Landlord and tenant – Contempt – Rent collection
• Zoning – Special permit – Digital billboard
• Juvenile – Disclosure of address
• Disclosure of address not unconstitutional
• Domestic relations – Alimony – Length of marriage
• Criminal – Interrogation – Interpreter
• Search and seizure – Judicial notice – Census data
• Evidence – Identification procedure – ‘Showup’
• Corporate – Stock purchase agreement – VAT
• Domestic relations – Alimony – ‘Length of marriage’
• Real property – SLAPP – MCRA
• Attorneys – Legal malpractice – Bankrupt client
• Criminal – ‘Upskirting’ – Public place
• Workers’ compensation – Interest – ‘Claim’
• Domestic relations – Contempt – Dismissal
• Father entitled to $28K credit toward unpaid child support
• Parent and child – Support – Equitable credits
• Criminal – Hinton drug lab scandal
• Contract – Quantum meruit – Counsel fees
• Mortgages – Standing – Assignment
• Zoning – Appeal – Jurisdiction
• Real property – Trespass – Injunction – Ownership change
• Agency and partnership – Apparent authority – ‘Side loan’
• Search and seizure – Automobile – Safety concerns
• Criminal – Sentencing – Armed career criminal
• Real property – Condominium – Parking
• Criminal – Constructive possession – Gun
• Search and seizure – Inevitable discovery
• Search and seizure – Eyewitness description – Reasonable suspicion
• Environmental – Counsel fees – G.L.c. 21E
• Criminal – Larceny – False pretenses – Misleading a police officer
• Jurisdiction – Forum selection clause – Online contract

Decisions Reviewed on Appeal

• Legal-malpractice claim survives, given murkiness of disclosure

Articles about the judge, quoting the judge, etc.

• Search and seizure – GPS – Privacy