Let’s face it. It is scary. Suddenly you are confronted by law enforcement and the police are asking you questions in tones which suggest that they suspect you of doing something illegal. You are shaky and they are calm. They are in control. And they are telling you that the…
By now, you have no doubt heard of the continuing saga of Jeremiah Oliver. He is the 5-year-old boy from Fitchburg who has been discovered missing. The criminal investigations into the child continue to date. Recently, the Department of Children and Families (“DCF”) has been ridiculed because of its handling…
Hello and happy new year! Well, Christmas 2013 has come to an end and 2013 is history. Many folks have found rather interesting ways to celebrate, both in and out of the Commonwealth Take 52-year-old John Barsell of Middleborough for example. He begins 2014 with two counts of attempted murder…
In Fall River, another prosecutorial shoe dropped in the ever-expanding Aaron Hernandez case(s). This time, the criminal justice spotlight fell on the fiancée of the former New England Patriots tight end. The charge? That she lied to the prosecution. Nearly 30 times. The alleged lying took place in the grand…
23-year-old Isaiah Murphy of Dedham (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is in a great deal of trouble. His alleged crimes in two robberies may well bring him the blame for many more. You may have noticed over the past months that there had been a rash of robberies at various Dunkin’ Donuts…
We continue on the subject matter that Attorney Sam’s Take was discussing this past Thursday. Namely, the exercising of your Constitutional rights when law enforcement is pretending that said rights do not really exist Last week, we discussed a case in which a number of young folks apparently felt that…
We have been discussing search and seizure cases and issues. Yesterday, we discussed the necessity of an expectation of privacy in order for the rules against unreasonable search and seizure to be applied. This was the central issue in a case we discussed last week in which a federal officer…
We have been discussing the Somerville High School rape case and, in particular, the charges and bail issues which have now faced the one defendant who is facing charges as an adult. The case has already brought up issues which are faced by many Massachusetts criminal defendants in such cases.…
As has been discussed many times in Attorney Sam’s Take, there are certain situations in the Commonwealth’s criminal justice system wherein one does not enjoy all the rights regularly given, or at least promised, to a criminal defendant. An example of such a situation is when you are on Massachusetts…
I’ll bet you thought the police had enough to do with solving Massachusetts crimes concerning violence, guns, drugs and the like. Sometimes, when conducting these criminal investigations, the police go undercover to ferret out the “bad guys”. They are out to solve crimes that actually take place. At least, that…