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DNA Evidence Exonerates Man of Rape Conviction 10 Years After His Death

Posted on February 09, 2009
24 years after he was convicted of raping a college student, Timothy Cole was finally exonerated of the crime. Last week, a judge ordered that Cole?s criminal record be expunged after DNA evidence proved that he was innocent, as he has always maintained...

Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog?s Bad Week For Law Enforcement Ends As It Began, With Assaults On Police Officers

Posted on February 06, 2009
This week, the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog ends its week as it began?with stories which demonstrate dangers faced by law enforcement and defendants applying to the ?Hey, I?ll Bet I Can Make This Situation Worse? club. Today, we have tales out of Springfield where two police officers suffered injuries Wednesday night while making two unrelated routine arrests...

Madoff Associate And Lawyer Come To Boston As Fraud Probe(s) Continue

Posted on February 05, 2009
As the ?Madoff Wars?, fought by investigators, attorneys and accountants, rage, score one for lawyers of the Commonwealth. They finally got Robert Jaffe, a crucial witness to Madoff?s operation, to the Hub where he finally spoke to regulators. The result? Boston regulators are ramping up a probe into Bernard Madoff?s alleged $50 billion Ponzi scheme...

Boston-Area Lawyer Struggles To Prepare For Dangerousness Hearing After Client Is Found With Weapons And Assaults Neighbors

Posted on February 04, 2009
Nikita R. 50, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) lived in the near the City of Boston...Arlington, in fact. Until this week, he was perhaps an average-looking man who you might pass on the street and give a friendly nod to. His neighbors knew him mostly as a quiet guy who smoked cigarettes on his porch...

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The Battle Between Cruisers And Drivers Continue, Inside And Out Of Boston On A One-Way Road To The Defense Attorney

Posted on February 03, 2009
This Massachusetts Dangerous Driving tale did not begin in Boston?it did not even begin in Massachusetts. But it ended there. In Springfield. In court. With a defense lawyer by his side trying to explain why his out-of-state allegedly reckless client should go home after his arraignment...

Former Coast Guard?s Massachusetts Rape Trial Begins this Week

Posted on February 03, 2009
The Massachusetts rape trial of former Coast Guard officer David Pierce is set to begin this week. Pierce is accused of raping the same woman five times in 2005. Pierce?s criminal defense attorney claims that the sex between the client and the woman was consensual and that the two of them were involved in some sort of relationship that year...

Boston-area Law Enforcement Endangered By Drivers Needing Defense Lawyers

Posted on February 02, 2009
It has been a difficult and dangerous time for Boston-area police officers. While perhaps not intentional, recent tragedies and near-tragedies remind us that some of those we represent as defense attorneys often endanger not only themselves, but everyone around them when driving dangerously...

Convicted Massachusetts Rapist Claims He Isn?t A Pedophile

Posted on January 31, 2009
In an interview with the Patriot Ledger, convicted Massachusetts Level 3 sex offender Alvin B. Fields Jr. says he is not a danger to his community. Fields, a Plymouth resident, appeared in Plymouth District Court last week after he was apprehended for taking his clothes off in front of an Old Navy at a Massachusetts mall...

Boston District Attorney Decides Not To Press Charges For Detainie?s Death

Posted on January 30, 2009
Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley has decided not to press charges against Boston Police officers in the case of David W., the 22-year-old Emmanuel College student (hereinafter, the ?Deceased? who died after being arrested in June during Boston Celtics championship celebrations...

Yesterday?s Boston-Area Shooter Found And Set To Meet Lawyer And Judge Today

Posted on January 29, 2009
This time it was not a post office or in the city of Boston. It was a Cambridge supply company where two employees did not get along. Clyde H. 65, of Brookline (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) is now accused ending the feud by killing his adversary, Marurice R, 33, (hereinafter, the ?Victim?)...

Boston Federal Judge chastises United States Attorney For Misconduct

Posted on January 28, 2009
The chief judge of the Boston ?s local United States District Court is threatening to sanction a federal prosecutor for what he characterized as the latest "egregious failure" of the United States Attorney's office to disclose evidence that could have helped clear a defendant...

Boston Secretary Of State Tells Madoff Associate To Visit; Attorney Says ?Nope?.

Posted on January 27, 2009
..And now, let?s check in with the Bernard Madoff case, as we periodically do in this daily blog. You remember 70-year-old Bernie?admitted white collar criminal mastermind of the Boston-created Ponzi scheme that ended up bilking about fifty billion dollars from philanthropies, hospitals, rich people, poor people, charities, etc...

Framingham Judge Wants DA?s Office to Retry 2006 Drunk Driving Case Because of Possible Judicial Misconduct

Posted on January 27, 2009
Framingham Judge Robert Greco wants the district attorney?s office to retry a 2006 Massachusetts drunk driving case because he says there is evidence that judicial misconduct took place. Earlier this month, Greco denied the DA?s motion to reconsider this order...

Youtube Video And Victim?s Appearence Help Defendant And His Lawyer To Decide Against Boston-Area Trial

Posted on January 26, 2009
Last March, Pittsfield Police encountered a scene which one might expect in the city of Boston, but not way out in Pittsfield. But crime does not really respect such boundaries. In this case, law enforcement met unsuccessful shooter, Sammy S., 30, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?)...

Defense Lawyer Plans ?Vigorous Defense? In Murder, Rape, Assault And Hatred Case Just Outside Of Boston

Posted on January 23, 2009
Today?s daily blog is actually a follow-up to yesterday?s blog, entitled, ?Homicides, Assaults, Rape And Carnage In Shooting Spree One Hour South Of Boston ?. Yesterday, I told you about the events which were reported in the streets of Brockton earlier in the week, made a few brief predictions and expressed sympathy for the accused?s attorney in any attempt to argue for his client?s release...

Homicides, Assaults, Rape And Carnage In Shooting Spree One Hour South Of Boston

Posted on January 22, 2009
Kieth L, 22, (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?), described by the Boston Herald as a ?mama?s boy? is in big trouble today. He is scheduled to stand before a judge in Brockton Court. At this very moment, his attorney is wondering what he can say to get his client out on bail...

Appeals Court Delays Director Roman Polanski?s Hearing on Whether to Dismiss 1978 Child Rape Case Against Him

Posted on January 22, 2009
An appeals court has issued a stay on proceedings to determine whether to dismiss Academy Award-winning film director Roman Polanski?s bid to have a 31-year-old sex with a minor case dismissed. The 75-year-old filmmaker?s criminal defense team claims there is new, uncontested evidence of prosecutorial and judicial misconduct that deprived the 75-year-old filmmaker of his statutory and constitutional rights...

Unusual Drug Bust Outside Of Boston No Laughing Matter

Posted on January 21, 2009
It was not downtown Boston, but downtown Northampton that hosted a concert featuring a jam band known as the Disco Biscuits, resulting in fourteen arrests. The somewhat unusual scene apparently led suspects laughing all the way to meeting their attorneys at Northhampton District Court where they were advised of their charges...

Boston Arrest For Sexual Assault On ?T? Train

Posted on January 20, 2009
When I returned to Boston as a defense attorney from New York, where I had been on the other side of the aisle, I discovered a few differences between daily in Beantown and the Apple. One of these was the subway experience. While in New York, the experience could be compared to an excursion through the land of ?Wearehostileville?, The ?T? was much more calm?much more safe...

Boston Shooting Defendants? Attorneys Are Successful At Getting Lower Sentences And The Fury Of The Police Department

Posted on January 16, 2009
It began in early January, 2008, when three Boston men were brought to court, introduced to defense lawyers and advised of charges against them. The charges included shooting at a Brockton police officer during a chase from Brockton into Quincy. As is usually the case, the police had won the chase and Salomao T...

In Two Separate Massachusetts Child Abuse Cases, Babysitters Sought for Allegedly Harming Two 4-Month-Old Infants

Posted on January 16, 2009
Police in Norwood are searching for woman they say is a suspect in a Massachusetts child abuse case involving an infant. The 4-month-baby sustained a damaged rib, a fractured skull, and three broken vertebrae from the alleged incident. Now, law enforcement offices have put out a warrant of arrest for the baby?s babysitter, Sueli Soares...

Boston Appeals Court Finds Defense Lawyer in Drive-By Shooting Case Ineffective

Posted on January 15, 2009
On Tuesday, the state Appeals Court, located in Boston, granted Adam N. (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?)?s appeal and Ordered that he receive a hearing in a drive-by shooting case in which he had been convicted in 2004. The basis of the ruling was that he had been deprived of a fair trial because his attorney was ?ineffective?...

Murder Trial Finally Begins After North Of Boston Lawyer And Doctors Examine Client And Her Statements

Posted on January 14, 2009
As a defense lawyer, one occasionally handles cases that seemingly will not end. Through my years in Boston and environs, I have had more than my share. This case was probably regarded as one of those cases. 62- year-old Kathleen H. (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) is finally going to trial...

Boston Area Police Officers Approve Of Defense Attorneys When Facing Charges Of White Collar Crimes And Drunk Driving

Posted on January 13, 2009
So far, 2009 has been an active year for certain Boston-area law enforcement officials in terms of legal problems. Take for example Stoughton?s police chief, Manuel, C., 57 (hereinafter, ?Defendant 1?), this week appearing beside his defense attorney, standing trial on white collar charges that he tried to use his authority to threaten a former Stoughton businessman in April 2002 to drop a complaint of misconduct against a former police sergeant...

New Bedford Man Charged with Killing His Ex-Girlfriend and Mother and Kidnapping 12-Year-Old Girl Has Prior Assault and Battery Convictions

Posted on January 13, 2009
The Boston Herald is reporting that the New Bedford man charged with the murders of his mother and ex-girlfriend and in the kidnapping of a 12-year-old daughter has previous criminal convictions going back as far as 1992. Gary Gomes was arrested and charged last week after the two women?s bodies were discovered...

Sex And The Boston Teacher Mean Business For Courts And The Criminal Lawyers As Rape Charges Are Filed

Posted on January 12, 2009
Police say Christine M., 29, a Boston teacher (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?), was instructing one particular student in areas not on any approved curriculum. In fact, she apparently did so for almost two years and is said to have done it more than 300 times...

Boston's Attorney General Targets Harassment And Hate Crimes

Posted on January 09, 2009
Yesterday?s daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog talked about ?Road Rage?. I even mentioned ?Domestic Violence? cases. Today, we hit their cousin, ?Hate Crimes?. Hate Crimes is another category which brings extra focus on a case which otherwise might be a typical assault, threats or other such case...

Recent Celebrity DUI Arrests Include Charles Barkley and Sam Shepherd

Posted on January 09, 2009
The year 2009 has just began, and already, there are already a couple of celebrity DUI arrests in the police record books. On New Year?s Eve, television commentator and former basketball star Charles Barkley was arrested in Arizona on suspicion of drunk driving after he ran a stop sign...

Boston-area Driving Leads To Weapons, Violence, Jail And Defense Lawyers

Posted on January 08, 2009
Driving around Boston and environs during the winter months can be an adventure. We know that the storms are coming?they tell us the storms are coming?yet we seem to be taken by surprise when streets are slippery. Perhaps it is because we are often already angry when we are dealing with traffic issues...

Boston Watches As Bernard Madoff?s Criminal Lawyer Tries To Keep Him Out Of Custody

Posted on January 07, 2009
?Meanwhile, back in the Bernard Madoff (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) drama, Magistrate Judge Ronald L. Ellis awaits written argument from the Defendant?s criminal lawyer as to why his client should not be incarcerated while awaiting trial for his artful recreation of the Boston ? originated ?Ponzi Scheme?...

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