SJC denies bid to quash subpoena
Rep. Petrolati had argued court lacked authority
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The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court today denied a motion by a high-ranking House lawmaker to quash an independent counsel’s subpoena in connection with an investigation into patronage at the state’s Probation Department. The justices issued an unsigned memorandum and order stating that they, through their independent counsel, had the constitutional and statutory authority to subpoena(...)