The Supreme Court has issued a ruling that places limits on when police officers can search a suspect’s motor vehicle right after making an arrest if they don’t have a warrant. With their 5-4 decision, the justices determined that police must have a warrant to search the auto if the…
This past Monday’s posting of the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog was about a gentleman who elected the “self-help” approach to criminal justice. It did not end too well for him. Today’s posting demonstrates that taking said approach as a family does not work out any better than when acting solo.…
The city of Lynn’s top cop, Police Chief John Suslak, is unhappy. His ire has been raised by a ruling by the Supreme Judicial Court in Boston. On Friday, he joined law enforcement officials across the state in saying that the decision barring police from frisking suspected drug dealers for…
Eric S., 46, of North Andover, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is home again…for now. In fact, he is actually confined to his home and ordered to wear a bracelet monitoring system. Through the apparently successful arguments of his attorney, he is not being held in jail without bail. But it was…
Raymond A., 51, of Hampden, (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) was hungry. He just wanted a burger. But he was watched by an ambulance driver. Now, he needs an attorney. Springfield District Court was the venue for the Defendant’s little adventure to end. According to law enforcement, he had been driving under…
Late 2008 and 2009 (so far) may go down in history as one of the worst times nonprofit organizations have had in terms of thievery. The daily Boston Criminal Law Blog has spent a great deal of time discussing the Bernie Madoff nightmare as well as other white collar fiasco’s…
As any regular reader knows, the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog regularly announces membership news of the “Hey, I Bet I Can Make This Situation Worse” Club. Today, to the north of Beantown, we have a new member…who should be national chairman. When he gets out of custody, that is.…
It was not an uncommon news story on Wednesday in Springfield. A Multi-defendant drug bust of heretofore unknown budding defendants. You know the drill…”high-crime area”, “ongoing investigation”, attorneys’ arguing bail and mouthing “not guilty” for their clients to recite when asked by the court. Sergeant John Delaney of the Springfield…
In case all the reports of white collar crimes and pop icons assaulting each other, do not get the idea that plain everyday crimes like Massachusetts Breaking and Entering, aka the felony of Burglary, do not happen anymore. In fact, Steven M., 47, of Boston (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) is facing…
Massachusetts white collar crimes are often investigated without the target of that investigation having any idea that they have come under scrutiny. There are a number of business-related crimes that are prosecuted all the time. Often, it is that Attorney General’s Office, rather than the District Attorney’s Office that performs…