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Boston.com: Lawyer acquitted of smuggling heroin into priston

By John Wesley Hall, Jr.

Back in 2007 is this post about a Massachusetts lawyer charged with smuggling heroin into a prison. He was acquitted today: Lawyer not guilty in drug delivery on Boston.com: A Norfolk judge has acquitted a Boston lawyer of charges he sought to deliver heroin to an inmate at MCI-Cedar Junction in Walpole. Kevin L. Barron was accused of trying to smuggle the drug to a client after correction officers performed a routine search as he visited the prison two years ago and found small packets containing 4.8 grams of heroin hidden in a package he was carrying. Judge Janet Sanders ruled Monday that prosecutors did not prove Barron knew there was heroin inside the package. “I am innocent, and I would like to regain what was once a good reputation,’’ Barron said told the Globe...continue to full post

Full post as published by Law Of Criminal Defense on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).