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Island To Boston?s South Watches Murder Defendant Who Played ?Lawyer? Go To Trial

By Altman & Altman

In the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, I have often warned against making statements to try to either outsmart or rationalize when law enforcement comes a-calling investigating you for a crime. Often, by the time this happens, their ?search for the truth? is over and it is just a question of building a case. Unfortunately for Ronnie P. , 26, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?), I began this daily blog in 2008. It was too late to help him in his time of need, which was in 2007. On the other hand, it might not have made any difference. In his case, it was he who went to the police to turn himself in. Well, kind of. He told the police that he may have stabbed 36-year-old William L, 36 (hereinafter, the ?Deceased?) to death. The stabbing met the requirement of Massachusetts Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon statute (among others)...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on February 27, 2009 (boomark / email).