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MA: Lawyer charged for holding self out as DAs victim/witness advocate and telling witnesses to not show in court

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

A defense lawyer in Massachusetts has been charged with three counts of witness intimidation and disruption of the court for calling prosecution witnesses while holding himself out as the DAs victim/witness advocate and telling them not to show up in his clients' cases. See Lawyer accused of witness intimidation: A Fall River defense attorney is accused of posing as a district attorney’s office employee then calling witnesses — including police officers — and telling them not to come to court. Edward G. Kelly, 51, who lives in Mansfield and has his law office in Fall River, plead innocent Friday afternoon in Brockton Superior Court before Judge Maureen B. Hogan to three counts of witness intimidation and one count of disruption to the court...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on December 09, 2008 (boomark / email).