When what promises to be a Boston arrest warrant matter filled case like this one hits the news, you may remember my oft-times repeated warning this Boston criminal lawyer gives his readers. I always warn you that if you are approached or flagged down by law enforcement, it is best…
Early last Wednesday morning was a busy time for the Boston Police Department. As a result, three gentlemen from Dorchester, Roxbury and West Roxbury now face various criminal charges in connection with various Massachusetts felonies. It was last Wednesday morning, prior to 1:00 a.m. An officer says he heard shots…
It seems to this Boston criminal lawyer that MA white collar criminal prosecutions seem to have become the “in” thing over the past couple of years. The most recent setting Boston’s federal court and the headline-grabbing sentencing arguments involved in the sentencing of Former House Speaker Sal DiMasi. Yesterday, it…
Well, the state court certainly wants your attention this week, doesn’t it? Yesterday, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog discussed your receiving a summons to go to court for an arraignment. Today, it is not so bad…but it is certainly cause for concern. You have received a summons requiring you to…
Sometimes, as we look across the globe (the round one, not the newspaper), we are appalled at the hatred and inhumanity that we see. Why, just look at the recent matter in Norway. Anders Behring Breivik is grabbing his 15 minutes of fame (or infamy) by his various statements after…
The scene is Suffolk Superior Court in Boston, Massachusetts. It is a Boston murder trial. Shawn “Shanks” Daughtry of Roxbury is the 32-year-old gentleman hereinafter referred to as the “Defendant”. He is accused of shooting two people on September 20, 2007. One of them died. The other was the deceased’s…
Not many cases are as tragic, from any perspective, as the drama being played out in Concord today. I am referring to Julianne McCrery, 42, who will soon need an experienced homicide attorney in New Hampshire. She was arrested in Chelmsford, is held as a fugitive and is hereinafter referred…
Sometimes, the themes portrayed in graphic novels (the new name for comic books which sounds so much more impressive) very closely resemble those we see in daily life. Take, for example, the saga of the “Amazing Spider-man“. For those of you ignorant of his story, he was created years ago…
This week is a big one for Danvers’s own Nathaniel Hudon, the 31 year-old- man who is now referred to as “the Defendant”. He began the week in custody and remains there awaiting a “Dangerousness Hearing” scheduled for tomorrow. Reports have it that he was under the influence of cocaine…
In Massachusetts, anything can be considered a dangerous weapon if it is used to commit assault and battery or homicide. We have discussed this many times. There are things, however, that should be clear to anyone to be a potential weapon. This would include an automobile and a gun. In…