Massachusetts' highest court issued a ruling detailing affirming but clarifying the role that special magistrate judges should play in unraveling the mess caused by a rogue state chemist suspected of falsifying evidence in hundreds of drug cases.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court issued a combined ruling in three cases addressing legal questions about the special magistrates. For example, they are not allowed to issue stays of sentences already being served, although they may conduct fact-finding and issue recommendations on motions for stays, the court said.
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