The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court affirmed Emmanuel Okoro's conviction and mandatory life sentence with parole eligibility after fifteen years, holding that the sentence does not violate the Eighth Amendment or art.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 2015
Published opinions from 2015. The case name opens the case page.
2015 opinions
The court held that the Alimony Reform Act's retirement and cohabitation provisions do not apply to an alimony obligation incorporated into a divorce judgment entered before the Act's effective date.
The court held that the retirement provision of the alimony reform act does not apply retroactively to alimony orders entered before March 1, 2012, including an alimony obligation that merged into a divorce judgment.