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Corrections to published opinions will be noted below.

Opinions published in the electronic advance sheets of the Massachusetts Reports and Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports are subject to correction, amendment, and supplementation prior to publication in final form in the official bound volumes.  Such revisions are noted in the lists below.

Revisions for Massachusetts Reports

Volume, Page Case Name Description of Revision Date Revised
483, 199 Commonwealth v. Newberry Correction - change name of trial court. 11/1/2019
482, 371-374 Commonwealth v. Rodriguez Amendment - insert new footnote 5; renumber subsequent footnotes; resulting text shift. 10/28/2019
483, 348 Commonwealth v. Yasin Correction - change description of appeal to "assembled prematurely." 10/25/2019
482, 837 Commonwealth v. Johnson Amendment - insert new footnote 14. 9/30/2019
482, 800-803 Wallace W. v. Commonwealth Amendment - insert new footnote 4; renumber subsequent footnotes; delete clause in first full paragraph on page 800. 9/30/2019
482, 755, 757, 759 & 760 Commonwealth v. Buttimer Correction - change references to caliber of rifle to ".32-40." 8/16/2019
482, 710 Commonwealth v. Tavares Amendment - rephrase last sentence on page. 8/16/2019
481, 844 & 846 Adjartey v. Central Division of the Housing Court Correction - change year of District Court Special Rule 211. 8/9/2019
482, 578 Commonwealth v. Wassilie Amendment - rephrase disposition of indictments from dismissal to remand with required finding. 8/2/2019
482, 581 Chelsea Housing Auth. v. McLaughlin Correction - remove repeated word "doctrine." 7/26/2019
482, 580 Chelsea Housing Auth. v. McLaughlin Correction - change effective date of statute. 7/26/2019
482, 493 Commonwealth v. Tiscione Correction - remove "not" from final sentence on page. 7/12/2019
482, 1005-1006 Snell v. Office of the Chief Medical Examiner Amendment - Delete last paragraph of the opinion. 7/3/2019

Revisions for Massachusetts Appeals Court Reports

Volume, Page Case Name Description of Revision Date Revised
96, 85 Commonwealth v. Silvelo Supplement - further appellate review granted, 483 Mass. 1107. 1/10/2020
96, 158 Murchison v. Zoning Board of Appeals of Sherborn Supplement - further appellate review granted, 483 Mass. 1107. 1/10/2020
95, 317 Donis v. American Waste Services, LLC Supplement - further appellate review granted, 483 Mass. 1106. 12/6/2019
96, 272 Commonwealth v. Paul Amendment - remove reference to resentencing; remove footnotes 9 & 10. 11/15/2019
96, 1103 Commonwealth v. Klapman Amendment - change disposition of case. 11/1/2019
95, 1118 Commonwealth v. Medina Supplement - further appellate review granted, 483 Mass. 1103. 10/28/2019
95, 1113 DeCicco v. 180 Granite Street, LLC Supplement - further appellate review granted, 483 Mass. 1103. 10/28/2019
96, 201 Commonwealth v. Ahern Correction - change year to 2012 in first paragraph. 10/18/2019
96, 82-83 Raytheon Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue Correction - reword description of taxpayer's actions in seeking abatement. 10/4/2019
95, 552 Commonwealth v. Rossetti Supplement - further appellate review granted, 483 Mass. 1103. 9/30/2019
95, 258-259 Commonwealth v. Melo Amendment - in last paragraph on p. 258, rephrase description of defendant's actions . 8/30/2019
95, 1106 Woe, SORB No. 497341 v. SORB Amendment - add "(No. 1)" to case name after case reported again at 95, 1124. 8/16/2019
95, 1101 Commonwealth v. Thomas Supplement - further appellate review granted, 482 Mass. 1106. 8/9/2019
95, 563, 575 & 578 Commonwealth v. Suarez Amendment - rephrase references to the appearance of sentence being based upon conduct not included in convictions. 8/2/2019
95, 193 Commonwealth v. Lockwood Amendment - rephrase description of defendant's testimony. 7/26/2019
95, 1117 Sorenson v. Sorenson Correction - typo in case name. 6/28/2019
95, 1117 Adoption of Ariadne Correction - typo in case name. 6/28/2019
95, 445-449 Wahlstrom v. JPA IV Management Co. Amendment - Add reference to allowance of interlocutory appeal in case history on page 445 and in footnote 4; resulting text shift. 6/21/2019
95, 1102 Youghal LLC v. Entwistle Supplement - further appellate review granted, 482 Mass. 1102. 6/14/2019
94, 903 Sarrouf v. City of Boston Amendment - add Reporter's note to indicate that the decision was revised by a 1:28 decision, 95 Mass. App. Ct. 1114. 5/27/2019
95, 257 & 258 Commonwealth v. Melo Correction - remove "indecent" in references to lesser included offense of assault and battery. 5/17/2019
95, 219 Commonwealth v. Depina-Cooley Correction - replace "State Police" with "Boston Police." 5/17/2019
95, 1107 Jouret v. Buteau Amendment - delete final sentence of disposition regarding temporary custody. 5/3/2019
94, 565 Adoption of Luc Supplement - further appellate review granted, 481 Mass. 1107. 4/15/2019
94, 528 Lynch v. Roxbury Comprehensive Health Center, Inc. Supplement - further appellate review granted, 481 Mass. 1105. 3/18/2019
94, 337 Commonwealth v. Barreto Supplement - further appellate review granted, 481 Mass. 1105. 3/18/2019
94, 33 Butcher v. University of Massachusetts Supplement - further appellate review granted, 481 Mass. 1105. 3/18/2019
94, 731 Phipps v. Police Commissioner of Boston Amendment - revise description of applicability of firearm licensing statute. 2/8/2019
94, 733-734 Phipps v. Police Commissioner of Boston Amendment - revise parenthetical description of cited case. 2/8/2019
94, 1114 Bernstein v. Planning Board of Wayland Amendment - remove reference in the disposition to sec. I.(G)(4) of the consent judgment. 2/1/2019
94, 1112 Commonwealth v. Dias Amendment - remove case; decision was withdrawn. 1/18/2019
94, 1105 Commonwealth v. Zagwyn Supplement - further appellate review granted, 481 Mass. 1102. 1/4/2019
94, 180 UBS Financial Services, Inc. v. Aliberti Supplement - further appellate review granted, 481 Mass. 1102. 1/4/2019
94, 1106 Commonwealth v. Stacy (Nos.1 & 2) Correction - add numbers 1 & 2 to two cases named Commonwealth v. Stacy. 11/30/2018
94, 194-196, 201-203 Commonwealth v. Resende Amendment - add references to trial judge's failure to correctly instruct himself on the law, and reword disposition to "vacated" on the charge of possession of a loaded firearm . 11/30/2018
94, 233 Commonwealth v. Telcinord Correction - insert "supplemental" on line 5. 11/9/2018
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