Yesterday, as you may have read through various print and other media outlets, I had occasion to drive to North Adams, Massachusetts on a new case. As I traveled the various hours, I was reminded again and again through the radio how I was actually taking my life in my…
Today’s posting on the Boston criminal lawyer blog does not really involve Boston. It does involve criminal law, though. As well as show business. You may have heard snippets over the past months of Lindsay Lohan and her difficulties with the law. One such difficulty has been showing up in…
Massachusetts had more than its fair share of crimes this past holiday weekend. There were shootings in the Boston area, one homicide and, as one would expect from such a weekend, plenty of vehicular crimes. Criminal Defense attorneys will be needed. For example, one Massachusetts woman was arrested this weekend…
With so many people taking to the roads this holiday weekend, local and state police will be on the lookout for motorists that appear to be driving drunk. According to AAA Southern New England, there will likely be a 5.4% increase in travel this Memorial weekend over last year, with…
The Boston Globe posted a “snapshot” on May 13th reviewing how busy the various Massachusetts are in terms of criminal cases. You can view it here. As one can see, the number of criminal defendants handled by the different district courts varies widely. Springfield and Worcester, for example, saw more…
Just to show you that the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is not only focusing on kids these days and their foibles, such as attempted murder, we discuss today a slightly older gentleman in need of counsel…lots of it. The gentleman, Michael G., 31 (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) hails from Salem and…
Tempers sure are flaring now that it is known that no serious injuries resulted from the collision between a Green Line MBTA train smashed into a jeep! Transit officials are crying “Foul!” against the athletes who had been in the jeep. Crimina-Defense-Attorne- Needing-type-Foul. The crash took place this past Sunday…
One moment. One very bad moment following a very bad decision. Boston criminal defense attorneys see it every day. That’s all it takes to ruin, or even end, innocent lives….as well as guilty ones. It is a lesson that we witness played out on the Commonwealth streets this past Monday.…
Well, this week has not been particularly good on the streets of Massachusetts. At least three deaths in two days alone! Lots of fodder for lawyers. “Well, of course not, Sam”, you tell me. It was raining to almost biblical proportions!” Yes, well that ended on Monday. It’s been kind…
Today, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog points out that there really can be “heroes” as well as “villains” in today’s modern, if not skeptical, age. It seems to also be a story of a suspect’s alleged consistency. It was this past Monday. It began when a 34-year-old woman parked her…