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Boston Robbery Suspect Gets Robbery Charges Dropped Yet Held On Parole Violation- Attorney Sam?s Take

By Altman & Altman

Well, Gerald M. Hill, 48, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) got good news and bad news yesterday at Boston?s Suffolk Superior Court. The good news? The robbery charges against him have been dropped. The bad news? He?s going back to jail, perhaps for life, anyway. You see, the Defendant was on parole when he was accused of robbing a taxi company at gunpoint in 2009. His prior case, on which he was out on parole, involved the participation in two 1977 killings. I don?t know much about that case, but can tell you that he had not been found guilty of Murder in the First Degree because, if he had been, he would not have been eligible for parole. The new charges were dismissed yesterday because the evidence against him were suppressed by the court because the court found that critical evidence against him had to be suppressed because of the police? failure to follow ?the rules? of search and seizure...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on January 21, 2011 (boomark / email).