The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has repeatedly told you that the participants of the criminal justice system…even the judges…are merely human beings. . However, sometimes appropriate behavior for some folks is inappropriate for others. For example,let’s say that, while driving home one evening, you saw someone who you believed to…
One will never be successful in understanding the criminal justice system, be they lawyer or client, until the varying and conflicting perspectives are understood. The judge, police officer, prosecutor and defense attorney approach the same case from different viewpoints. Therefore, what is “right” to one is not necessarily “right” to…
He is not from Boston, but I am willing to bet that when Dominic Marrtucci (hereinafter, the “Deputy”) left home to go to work at Ohio’s Summit County Sheriff’s Office on April 10 or 11th, he did not go with the intent to do something stupid. Or actionable, for that…
Everybody is shocked. If you are a regular reader of the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog, you shouldn’t be. You know the dirty secret which everybody likes to ignore…to everybody’s detriment. Let’s take this latest story as yet another example of said truth… Allie, herein after referred to as “handgrip” does…
https://criminal.altmanllp.com/sexual-assault-sex-crimes.htmlWelcome to Friday the 13th. Regardless how it goes for you, the folks over at Alpha Epsilon Pi at Boston University have already had a bad week. As CBS in Boston put it, “the party is over”. Previous to this week, the only problem they seemed to be having was…
Hey, I am only a mere Boston criminal lawyer…you can’t expect me to know all the answers. That is what I rely on the media for to a certain extent. For example, would be the best question to ask someone who has been in jail for about three years awaiting…
Today, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog finishes its three-part series on the mind-numbing issues surrounding the killing of unarmed Trayvon Martin (“Shot”) by George Zimmerman (the “Shooter”) in Florida. Yesterday we concentrated on what Florida law enforcement must consider in determining whether there is probable cause to arrest the Shooter…
Hey…good news! If charged in the shooting death of unarmed Trayvon Martin (“Shot”), George Zimmerman (the “Shooter”) will voluntarily turn himself in! This was announced yesterday by his attorney. For those of you out there who thought that this was a big step in solving the mind-bending issue of whether…
The evidence seems to keep piling up for poor ol’ George Zimmerman (hereinafter, the “Shooter”) and, yet, there is still no law enforcement action about it. This man is getting benefits of the doubt that my clients would kill for. No pun intended. Let’s check in on the latest in…
There has been another attack in Cambridge. The most recent assault involved a woman in her 20’s. She was attacked near the intersection of Ellery and Harvard Streets. Just one day earlier, and only three blocks away, another woman around the same age was knocked unconscious at the intersection of…