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Nine Boston Youths Are Charged With Assault And Battery In Bullying Attack Of Disabled Teen

Posted on May 12, 2010
In the Boston area, nine young men, ages ranging from 15 to 21 are now in need of criminal defense attorneys. They are accused of horribly assaulting a 19 year old developmentally disabled teenager in Dorchester. They left him bloodied and screaming for help, the prosecutor said...

Campus Crime: University of Virginia Male Lacrosse Player Charged with First-Degree Murder in Death of Female Lacrosse Player

Posted on May 08, 2010
22-year-old George Huguely, a member of the University of Virginia?s lacrosse team, has been arrested and charged with the first-degree murder of Yeardley Love, also age 22 and a member of the school?s women?s lacrosse team. According to police, Huguely and Love were romantically involved with each other and had just broken up...

?I Have Received A Criminal Complaint In The Mail! What Does This Mean? What Do I Do??

Posted on May 07, 2010
It is a situation that we have discussed a number of times on the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog. Yet, particularly since the initial response to getting such a care package from the government is usually panic, it is worth revisiting. First of all, the good news...

The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog Reveals A North Of Boston Drunk Driving Matter With A Twist

Posted on May 06, 2010
Just to show you that the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is not only focusing on kids these days and their foibles, such as attempted murder, we discuss today a slightly older gentleman in need of counsel?lots of it. The gentleman, Michael G., 31 (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) hails from Salem and was arrested in Swampscott for operating under the influence as well as one or five other charges...

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Massachusetts Students Face Charges Of Assault, Attempted Murder And Alcohol Distribution

Posted on May 05, 2010
Gee, it is hard to imagine that after our protectors and law-makers have made the world safe for kids by passing the Anti-bullying bill discussed last week and prosecuted ?the bad kids? as discussed ad nauseum, that kids could still be getting in trouble and even hurt! In connection, since the governor has not signed the Ant bullying Bill into law in Boston yet, how will prosecuting attorneys ever be able to prosecute the youthful wrong-doers? Guess what? It would appear that the laws already on the books actually suffice! For example, let?s take four Merrimack College students who have gotten into a tad of trouble at yet another underage drinking party...

John Odgren Receives Life In Prison Without Parole for Massachusetts Murder of Schoolmate

Posted on May 01, 2010
Middlesex Superior Court Judge S. Jane Haggerty has sentenced John Odgren to life in prison without parole. Yesterday, a jury convicted the 19-year-old, who has Asperger?s syndrome and a history of mental illness, of Massachusetts first-degree murder...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney Looks At The Question Of Whether The Antibullying Bill Is The Solution (Part Two)

Posted on April 30, 2010
Well, it looks like the state Legislature has unanimously approved the new state law cracking down on bullying. It must be a great thing, right? After all, it passed unanimously! How could so many politicians in the Boston area be wrong? The legislation would require school employees to report all instances of bullying and require principals to investigate them...

Ex-Salem Resident Convicted of Attempted Boston Rape of Woman in Massachusetts General Hospital Bathroom

Posted on April 30, 2010
A jury has convicted 40-year-old David Flavell of assault with intent to rape a Massachusetts General Hospital employee. The 40-year-old former Salem resident, who before this latest incident was already registered as a Level 3 sex offender, was accused of attacking the woman inside the Boston hospital?s lobby bathroom last October...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney Must Ask?Is The Antibullying Bill, Now Leaping Over Legislative Hurdles, the Solution? (Part One)

Posted on April 29, 2010
Oboy! It?s so exciting to solve age-old presumably unsolvable problems! Here in the Boston area, we seem to be doing just that. Can it be that our government is going to come up with really well-thought-out solutions and reduce the need for lawyers running around in civil and criminal courtrooms dealing with the fallout? Sure...

Dilemma Of A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney In A Murder Trial

Posted on April 28, 2010
There were a few fireworks yesterday in Middlesex Superior Court in Woburn, Massachusetts. Attorneys argued over the topics of the defense attorney?s proposed summation. The Judge agreed with the Commonwealth and overruled the objections voiced by the defense...

T-Crash May Result In Alcohol Related Charges For Boston College Students

Posted on April 27, 2010
Tempers sure are flaring now that it is known that no serious injuries resulted from the collision between a Green Line MBTA train smashed into a jeep! Transit officials are crying ?Foul!? against the athletes who had been in the jeep. Crimina-Defense-Attorne- Needing-type-Foul...

The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog Returns To Multiple Assault, Battery And Disorderly Conduct Arrests

Posted on April 26, 2010
As I was recovering from a blog-free week this weekend, folks in Lawrence, Massachusetts, were gearing up and creating work for various defense attorneys. In fact, according to the police, over 100 people were involved in the resulting melee. The brawl took place in a Lawrence nightclub, Club Rio, during the wee hours on Saturday...

Cameron Douglas, Son of Michael Douglas, Gets Reduced Sentence of Five Years in Prison for Drug Conviction

Posted on April 21, 2010
Cameron Douglas, the eldest son of movie star Michael Douglas, is sentenced to five years in prison sentence. Earlier this year, the 31-year-old had pleaded guilty to distributing large quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine. Although Cameron?s drug crime conviction comes with a minimum 10-year prison sentence, his father, mother, stepmother Catherine Zeta-Jones, grandfather Kirk Douglas, and other family members wrote to the court asking that the judge show leniency and reduce the young actor?s criminal sentence...

Nancy Kerrigan?s Brother Enters Not Guilty Plea to Manslaughter Charge Over His Father?s Death

Posted on April 18, 2010
Mark Kerrigan, 45, has pleaded not guilty to the criminal charge of Massachusetts manslaughter. Mark is the brother of figure skating champion Nancy Kerrigan. Their dad, 70-year-old Daniel, died following an altercation with Mark at their Stoneham residence...

John Odgren?s Massachusetts Murder Trial is Underway

Posted on April 17, 2010
The prosecution rests in John Odgren?s Massachusetts murder trial. The 19-year-old Princeton resident fatally stabbed 15-year-old James F. Alenson, fellow student at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School on January 19, 2007. Odgren, who was 16 at the time of the fatal stabbing, has pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity...

A Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer?s Take On Bullying, Criminal Charges And Credibility (Part One)

Posted on April 16, 2010
Earlier this week, when I said ? Tomorrow: Back To Bullying!? in the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog I had intended to be writing myself about the South Hadley Bullying/Indictments issue. Unfortunately, this week?s schedule made it impossible for me to do so...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney?s Take On Choosing Your Trial Lawyer(Part Two)

Posted on April 12, 2010
On Friday, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog began describing things to consider when deciding on a defense attorney who will bring your case to trial. When we left off, I had been addressing those defense lawyers who, perhaps in an effort to combat perceived arrogance from the prosecution, approach the jury with an air of superiority...

A Boston Criminal Defense Attorney?s Take On Trial Counsel (Part One)

Posted on April 09, 2010
The big day has arrived! It is your Constitutional right! You go on trial today! You just sat as the Boston prosecutor verbally toasted you on a stick in his opening statement. Now, you sit in anticipation as your lawyer approaches the jury panel...

Three Boys and Two Men Charged in Gang-Rape of 7-Year-Old

Posted on April 08, 2010
Two adults and three underage teen boys have been charged in connection with the gang-rape of a 7-year-old girl. The alleged victim?s 15-year-old stepsister has been charged with aggravated assault, promoting prostitution, and other crimes related to the case...

Massachusetts Jury Being Selected In High School Murder Case

Posted on April 07, 2010
Last week, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog spent the week discussing the issue of bullying and the over-reactive indictments paraded before a hungry audience by a local district attorney. Today, we return to high school. This time it is another high school though...

Boston District Attorney Declares Shooting Death Amid Gunfight Was Suicide, Not Homicide

Posted on April 06, 2010
There comes a time when any Boston criminal defense attorney is knocked almost speechless. Almost. Fortunately, this one can still write when that happens. It would appear that the law enforcement entities have come together and resolved several of the questions posed in yesterday?s Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog...

Boston Police Shoot Alleged Gang Member In Possession Of Gun

Posted on April 05, 2010
It is always a serious situation when an officer fires his or her weapon in the Commonwealth. This one is no different. Boston Police are continuing their investigation of a police-involved shooting in the Boston area (Dorchester) over the weekend which left 19-year-old Manuel D...

A Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer?s Take On Anti-Bullying Laws

Posted on April 02, 2010
This week, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has focused on what so many in Massachusetts and beyond have been talking about. The topic is ?bullying?. It is a somewhat vague term that schools and summer camps have endured since we decided to group kids together in one place...

12-Year-Old Could Be Sentenced to Life in Prison Without Parole if Convicted of First-Degree Murder

Posted on April 01, 2010
A judge has ruled that 12-year-old Jordan Brown will be tried as an adult for the first-degree murder of his dad?s pregnant fianc�. If convicted, he would be the youngest American to serve a lifetime in prison without parole. Jordan is accused of using a ...

Investigations Into Massachusetts Bullying Indictments Continue To Spread Guilt

Posted on April 01, 2010
People are furious in and out of Massachusetts. The people of Ireland are angry at South Hadley, Massachusetts. The people of South Hadley are ?enraged? at South Hadley High School. District Attorney Elizabeth Scheibel, daring da from Western Massachusetts, is angry at nine kids...

The Massachusetts Anti-Bullying Law Movement ? A Path To A Criminal Justice Solution?

Posted on March 31, 2010
After writing yesterday?s Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, I went back to my daily business of practicing law. Then, I took a look at some of the latest news and commentaries regarding the indictments about which we ?spoke? yesterday as well as the pending legislation regarding bullying...

A Boston Lawyer?s View Of 9 Kids Indicted For Bullying (On Campus And Off) And Statutory Rape In Suicide Case

Posted on March 30, 2010
The death of Phoebe Prince, 15, the South Hadley teenager who allegedly took her own life in response to a barrage of bullying (hereinafter, the ?Deceased?) is looming over Massachusetts criminal justice. It has inspired new lawmaking in the legislature and, yesterday, hit the criminal justice system hard...

Nine Teenagers Indicted in Connection with Massachusetts 15-Year-Old?s Bullying Suicide

Posted on March 30, 2010
In Massachusetts, nine teenagers have been charged in connection with the death of Phoebe Prince. The 15-year-old was found hanging in her bedroom last January. The teenagers are accused of stalking, harassment, and bullying Prince at South Hadley High School and on Facebook...

United States And Massachusetts Supreme Courts Agree, Drug/Gun Cases Are Overturned And Prosecuting Attorneys Are Worried

Posted on March 29, 2010
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has often warned you that you want to have an experienced criminal defense attorney advise and, if necessary, defend you if you find yourself to be a target or a criminal defendant. I have given you many reasons for this...

Rebecca Riley?s Father is Convicted of Massachusetts First-Degree Murder

Posted on March 28, 2010
Yesterday, a Plymouth County jury found Michael Riley, the 37-year-old dad of 4-year-old Rebecca Riley, guilty of her first-degree murder. He is sentenced to life in prison without parole. Per Massachusetts law, the verdict is going to be automatically appealed...

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