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Michael Jackson?s Doctor Pleads Not Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter in Singer?s Death

Posted on February 08, 2010
Conrad Murray, the personal physician of Michael Jackson, pleaded not guilty to a single felony charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of the famous performer. Bail was set at $75,000?three times more than the amount faced by most people who are charged with involuntary manslaughter...

Middlesex Superior Court Grand Jury Indicts Two Former Medford Soccer Coaches on Child Rape Charges

Posted on February 06, 2010
A Middlesex Superior Court Grand Jury indicted Roger Lau and Thomas Heinz, both 26, on child rape charges yesterday. They are accused of raping the same girl. Prosecutors say that both men assaulted a girl from the under-14 Medford girls soccer league that they were coaching...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Does Michael Jackson Homicide Doc Read The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog?

Posted on February 05, 2010
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has regularly suggested how an experienced defense attorney can help you if there is an outstanding warrant for your arrest. It may be that Dr. Conrad Murray,( hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) the doctor who administered the fatal dose of Propofol to Michael Jackson and now is to face homicide charges is a reader! Well, if not, at least he is being similarly advised...

Massachusetts Gang Violence Results In Murder Conviction In Shooting Of Police Officer

Posted on February 04, 2010
Gang violence in the Boston area. The battles are played out in the streets by gang members, law enforcement and innocent bystanders as well as the Commonwealth?s courtrooms with lawyers and judges. The homicide victim this time was a Revere Police Officer Daniel T (hereinafter, the ?Deceased?)...

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Massachusetts High School Student Arrested For Assaulting Teacher And Intent To Sell Drugs

Posted on February 02, 2010
It is not terribly unusual to hear about a case in which a student is accused of getting into a fight with another student. However, a Newton high school student has now been charged with Massachusetts assault and battery against someone else...a teacher...

Acquitted Of Murder In Boston, Shooting Suspect Needs Another Defense Attorney

Posted on February 01, 2010
Kyle B., 28, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) is in trouble again. Criminal Justice trouble. Massachusetts Murder trouble. The Defendant was arrested in Brockton Saturday and charged with the murder of a man outside of a local restaurant on January 5th...

Three People Arrested in Massachusetts ATM Theft Scam

Posted on January 30, 2010
Police have arrested three men over their alleged involvement in a Massachusetts ATM theft scam. Ivaylo Hristov, Anton Venkov, and Vladislav Vladev are accused of being part of a fraud ring that allegedly has stolen, according to Quincy police, hundreds of thousands of dollars from numerous victims in the Greater Boston Area...

Massachusetts Murder ? By ? Drugs Trial Continues

Posted on January 28, 2010
And so the trial of assumption and innuendo (at least, so far) continues in Brockton, Massachusetts. Attorneys battle it out as jurors hear different observations of the home of Carolyn R. (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) and the various family members...

Kerrigan And Attorney Await Results Of Massacusetts Grand Jury

Posted on January 27, 2010
I know you?ve heard the story by now. Massachusetts is in the news again due to a celebrity crime story. This time, the celebrity, Nancy Kerrigan, isn?t really part of the story. But the rest of the family is. Mark Kerrigan, Nancy?s 45-year-old brother (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) has been accused of causing the death of their father, Daniel (hereinafter, ?Dad?)...

Massachusetts Homicide Charges Result From Restraining Order Violations

Posted on January 26, 2010
Arraignments do not always take place in the courtroom, as Robert G., 19,(hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) learned yesterday. He was arraigned in a Worcester hospital bed on charges of killing his ex-girlfriend, 19-year-old Allison M. (hereinafter, the ?Deceased?)...

Brother of Nancy Kerrigan is Charged with Massachusetts Assault in Death of Their Father

Posted on January 26, 2010
Mark Kerrigan, the brother of Olympic figure skater Nancy Kerrigan, has been charged with assaulting their father Daniel Kerrigan. The 70-year-old was found unresponsive on Sunday morning in his Stoneham residence following an argument between the two men...

Massachusetts Appeals Court Hears New trial Motion In Murder case

Posted on January 25, 2010
The Massachusetts Appeals Court will be conducting a hearing on February 10th to determine whether a new trial should be granted to Corey R. (hereinafter,the ?Defendant?) for the 2001 killing of a school counselor, the Reverend Theodore N. Brown. This time, it is the prosecuting attorney who is pursuing the appeal...

Carolyn Riley?s Massachusetts Murder Trial Underway in Plymouth Superior Court

Posted on January 23, 2010
The criminal trial of Carolyn Riley, who is charged with the overdose murder of her 4-year-old daughter Rebecca, is underway in Plymouth Superior Court. While the prosecutor is depicting Carolyn as someone who refused to get her daughter medical help after overdosing her with clonidine in an attempt to get Social Security disability pay, her defense attorney argues that Carolyn is a concerned mother who gave her daughter medicine, as prescribed by a doctor, to treat her bipolar disorder...

Attorney Sam?s Take: A Massachusetts Murder Trial. A Little Girl Is Dead. Attorneys Take Note!

Posted on January 22, 2010
You know, sometimes a criminal defense attorney cannot help but get mad. For example, when a client whom the attorney is absolutely sure is innocent of charges is found guilty of them anyway, I get angry. Or cases wherein one of the many unfairness?s that are built into the criminal justice system raise their ugly heads, my passion is inflamed...

The Search And Seizure Of Two Massachusetts Drug Suspects (Part Three)

Posted on January 21, 2010
For the last two days, the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog looked at two recent matters wherein Massachusetts defendants were stopped by law enforcement in their vehicles, wherein drugs were found. During the investigations, sometimes more drugs were found at various locations?sometimes it was a href="http://criminal...

The Search And Seizure Of Two Massachusetts Drug Suspects (Part Two)

Posted on January 20, 2010
Yesterday, we began our examination of the arrest and sentencing of a Geraldo S., 32 of Marblehead (hereinafter, ?Defendant 1?). He recently pled guilty in a Massachusetts superior court and received a ten year sentence. We were looking at the story from a search and seizure angle...

The Search And Seizure Of A Marblehead Drug Suspect (Part One)

Posted on January 19, 2010
While the rest of us were celebrating freedoms that are the legacy of heroes like the late Dr. Martin Luther King yesterday, one gentleman from the North of Boston was adjusting to the trade of his need of a defense attorney for a ten year term of imprisonment in Massachusetts prison...

Massachusetts Doctor Charged with Health Care Fraud

Posted on January 17, 2010
In Boston on Thursday, Massachusetts Dr. Scott Reuben was charged with one count of health care fraud. Reuben used to serve as the chief of acute pain at Baystate Medical Center. Reuben has agreed to plead guilty and pay $420,000 in restitution. According to federal court records, the Longmeadow physician falsified medical research...

Lynn Suspect in 2000 Massachusetts Sex Crime Case Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Rape of Minor Charge

Posted on January 15, 2010
A 41-year-old man who has been on Lynn authorities' 10 Most Wanted List for allegedly trying to rape a 13-year-old girl a decade ago has pleaded not guilty to charges of indecent assault and battery on a child under age 14 and assault with intent to rape a child...

Attorney Sam's Take - How You Resolve Your Gun, Drug Or Assault Case In Massachusetts

Posted on January 15, 2010
Ok, so you have gotten over the shock of being charged with a crime. You have gone to court in Boston a couple of times for a couple of court dates that feel accomplished nothing. Finally, you ask your attorney when this will all end. You get that sad but true answer??it depends?...

Boston AG Is Accused Of Mishandling Grand Jury Investigation And Bail Issues In Rape Case

Posted on January 14, 2010
The game of politics is afoot again in the Boston area! This means that, as the race for the late Senator Kennedy?s seat comes to the wire, it is time for whatever mud can be thrown upon one?s opponent . Often, the accusations involve the criminal justice system...

Massachusetts Traffic Stop Becomes Fourth Assault And Battery Claim Against One Police Officer

Posted on January 12, 2010
Today we discuss yet another tale wherein Massachusetts law enforcement officials are in need of a criminal defense attorney. It involves recent accusations against four such officers and an event arising out of a suspected racially motivated apprehension from this past November...

Juvenile Crime: Second Minor Pleads Guilty to Attack of 13-Year-Old Girl Shown on YouTube

Posted on January 09, 2010
Another teenager has pleaded guilty to charges she attacked a 13-year-old girl. The assault was shot on video and posted on YouTube. Footage shows two girls shouting at and hitting another teen while other students stand by, cheering and laughing. The attack was allegedly planned in advance...

Massachusetts law enforcement official pleads guilty in federal white collar investigation

Posted on January 07, 2010
For those of you who still hold fast to the fantasy that law enforcement never lies, prepare for a shock. Of course, this case does not feature law enforcement lying to convict a defendant. Instead, it is a Massachusetts law enforcement official lying to federal law enforcement who needs a criminal defense attorney...

Leaving The Scene Of An Accident In Massachusetts Brings The Need Of An Experienced Criminal Defense Attorney For Firefighter And Student

Posted on January 06, 2010
You are driving around on a wintery Massachusetts night, maybe after a couple of drinks that you are sure did not effect you. All of a sudden there is a large bumping feeling and a sound that tells you that you have hit something. The temptation is to put the problem, whatever it may be, behind you and to get out of there fast...

Attorney Sam?s Take: You Have To Go To Massachusetts Court Tomorrow ; You Have Been Indicted (Part Three)

Posted on January 05, 2010
Last week, we discussed two scenarios whereby you received a compulsory invitation to attend the Boston Municipal Court to answer charges for a variety of potential charges, including assault, drugs and OUI. Now, however, the matter has been raised to another level...

Following Charlie Sheen?s Arrest for Alleged Domestic Violence, Wife Brooke Mueller Wants Restraining Order Against Him Modified

Posted on December 31, 2009
Brooke Mueller, the wife of actor Charlie Sheen, is seeking to have the restraining order against her husband modified. According to TMZ.com, she wants a judge to allow the two of them to be able to contact each other so they can work on the problems in their marriage...

Attorney Sam?s Take: You Have To Go To Massachusetts Court Tomorrow For That Assault Case (Part Two)

Posted on December 29, 2009
So, yesterday, you weighed your options and you decided to follow the advice of the Boston Police Department rather than ol? Attorney Sam in dealing with the Clerk Magistrate?s Hearing. You just ambled in on your own, gave it your best shot, and walked out with a date to return to court for an arraignment...

Attorney Sam?s Take: You Have To Go To Court Tomorrow For That OUI Or Assault Case (Part One)

Posted on December 28, 2009
You live in Boston. You arer relaxing at home, watching the children play with their new Christmas gifts before they break them. It is a Norman Rockwell scene?except for one tiny detail. You suddenly remember that invitation (summons) you received last week to witness Massachusetts jurisprudence (court) in action...

The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog Previews Week Of Drugs, Arson and Arrests

Posted on December 24, 2009
Due to the holiday season, and accompanying "end of year crunch" with emergency hearings and other court dates, the otherwise (mostly) daily schedule of the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is being interrupted this and next week. However, we will be back in our daily format after the new year...

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