At least 75 people were arrested yesterday by the Boston Police Department during a targeted raid in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury. The raid, called “Operation H,” took place around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning in an effort to crack down on drug deals and gang-related violence in the neighborhood before…
Today, I bring you a case that I have already told you I feel is “disgustingly unreasonable”. It is a case that takes what I have warned you might happen and shown you that it is already happening. It involves the loss of one of the most basic of Constitutional…
In my last Attorney Sam’s Take I told you I would discuss the other high profile court case taking place on Wednesday. The other matter took place at Boston’s federal court. That’s right, the Boston Massacre bombing case. However, there is a twist to this posting. One that could have…
Yesterday, I began the first of this two-part Attorney Sam’s Take. Much of what is suggested has been discussed before in earlier Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog posts. However, I am hoping that the message is made even clearer when put forth in this way. There are some decision into which…
In these various Attorney Sam’s Takes, we have discussed particular stories in the news as well as the realities of today’s criminal justice system. I have maintained (perhaps ad naseum) that one of the main reasons for this blog is to communicate the realities of the system to you who…
In my last blog, I indicated that I would discuss another issue brought up by the incident involving the moter vehicle case which took the life of a young child. In that matter, the Commonwealth alleges the mother-driver caused the fatal accident by fleeing from a more minor accident. Meanwhile,…
We end the month of February this year with a story about a watcher who should have been watched. It concerns Gardner’s 23-year-old Jesse Holland (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). It also deals with the issue of Massachusetts search and seizure. The Defendant is an involuntary guest of the Commonwealth this evening.…
You have, no doubt heard about things like ” good cop – bad cop” and “playing cat and mouse”. Regardless of the circumstances, they are games. No doubt they are used in under very serious circumstances. Who wins these games truly matters. But that does not make them not games.…
Various of my recent Attorney Sam’s Takes have led us here. We have discussed DCF and police investigations. We have discussed Clerk Magistrate’s hearings which determine whether probable cause exists to issue a criminal complaint. We all know that you need a lawyer when you are facing criminal charges in…
Not all crimes are about physical injury to people. Some, like malicious destruction of property, have to do with physical injury to things. In fact, said injury does not even have to be permanent. Take the crime of defacing property with graffiti, for example. It may surprise you to know…