On March 6, 2017, Attorney Wood and a team of attorneys from Ropes & Gray filed a brief in the Supreme Court on behalf of the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers in Weaver v. Massachusetts, No. 16-240. They argue that the Court should not shy away from vindicating the treasured right to a public trial. The government's argument that vindicating the right to a public trial would "open up the floodgates" is both factually incorrect and diverts attention from the real issue: whether our Constitution entitles everyone to a public trial. Read the brief here.
Attorney Wood was recently interviewed by the American Bar Association's Judicial Division Record about MACDL's support for a defendant who opposed being forced to waive his constitutional right to an in-person suppression hearing. Read the article here. The case, Commonwealth v. Vasquez Diaz, is currently pending in the SJC. Read the brief here.