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| | #REDIRECT [[Boston Municipal Courts, Massachusetts]] |
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| The '''Boston Municipal Courts''' are trial courts in [[Massachusetts]] that have concurrent jurisdiction with the [[Massachusetts Superior Courts|superior courts]] in all criminal cases that do not provide for a state prison sentence in excess of five years, and over certain specified crimes in which the maximum penalty exceeds five years.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter218/Section26 Jurisdiction]</ref> The court also has general civil jurisdiction. Jury cases are tried to juries of six.<ref>[http://www.malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartIII/TitleI/Chapter218/Section26A Trials by Jury]</ref> The geographic jurisdiction of the court encompasses the city of Boston and the town of Winthrop; all other communities in Massachusetts are served by divisions of the [[Massachusetts District Courts|district court]] department. The city is divided into eight judicial districts, and Boston Municipal Court Department divisions are located in the following sections of Boston: Brighton, Charlestown, Downtown (Central), Dorchester, East Boston, Roxbury, South Boston and West Roxbury. The town of Winthrop and Logan International Airport are both within the jurisdiction of the East Boston division.
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| ==Judges==
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| {|
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| *[[Robert E. Baylor]]
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| *[[Patricia E. Bernstein]]
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| *[[Michael C. Bolden]]
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| *[[James W. Coffey]]
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| *[[Kathleen E. Coffey]]
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| *[[Michael J. Coyne]]
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| *[[Pamela M. Dashiell]]
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| *[[Kenneth V. Desmond, Jr.]]
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| *[[David T. Donnelly]]
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| *[[Raymond Dougan]]
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| *[[Mary Ann Driscoll]]
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| *[[Kenneth J. Fiandaca]]
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| *[[Annette Forde]]
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| *[[Shannon Frison]]
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| *[[Thomas C. Horgan]]
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| *[[Charles R. Johnson, Chief Justice]]
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| *[[Sally A. Kelly]]
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| *[[Tracy-Lee Lyons]]
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| *[[Lawrence E. McCormick]]
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| *[[Robert J. McKenna]]
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| *[[Rosalind H. Miller]]
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| *[[David Poole]]
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| *[[Edward R. Redd]]
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| *[[Robert Ronquillo]]
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| *[[Ernest L. Sarason Jr.]]
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| *[[Eleanor C. Sinnott]]
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| *[[Mark H. Summerville]]
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| *[[Robert N. Tochka]]
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| *[[David Weingarten]]
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| |}
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/bostonmunicipalcourt/index.html Boston Municipal Court]
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| *[http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/judgesandjudicialofficers/judgelistinga-e.html Trial Court Judge Directory]
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| *[http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/bostonmunicipalcourt/judlist.html Justices of the Boston Municipal Court]
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| ==References==
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| {{reflist}}
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| {{Courts in Massachusetts}}
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| {{Massachusetts}}
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| [[Category:Massachusetts courts]]
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