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Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | Back issues
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Urine trouble

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Court of Appeals vacated a prisoner’s guilty plea for committing vandalism with a filthy or noxious substance; he had urinated through the door of his jail cell. A recent case established the precedent that urine is not a noxious or filthy substance.

Read the ruling here.

Categories / Appeals, Briefs, Civil Rights, Criminal

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