I suppose it is fitting that we discuss the night for tricking and treating right after Election Day. So how was your Halloween weekend? Still have your liberty, if not your dental health? Some people had little trouble with the law over the weekend. Interestingly, though, these folks were not…
Happy Halloween everybody! Have your plans for tonite all ready? I will be hiding under my bed at my abode in Salem. Whatever your plans, be careful not to take them too far. Law enforcement has a way of being overly-on-hand on nights like this. With good reason, actually. After…
Well, it’s a Monday morning and so I am sure that you, like me, witnessed plenty of folks moaning and groaning on their way to work, school, etc. this morning. Rest assured, though, there are those who had more reason to groan about their destination than most. Take 26-year-old Cassandra…
Robert E. Murphy of Ashland, a 59-year-old (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) gentleman is, or was, a Hopkinton school bus driver. He has now been arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle to endanger. According to WBZ, this is his third…
Ok, I admit that it is not still yesterday; I did not get this entry up yesterday. It doesn’t mean that I did not try…I was just out doing battle for my client longer than expected. Doing the job right has to take precedence. Believe me, when you are my…
We have been discussing California’s new “Yes Means Yes” bill and its accompanying app. As I have mentioned, the “Yes Means Yes” approach is not really brand new. At least here in the Commonwealth, various colleges and universities have been using the approach. I know…I have handled the cases. In…
It really is quite a comfort, isn’t it? As the article says, “Want to be sure you’re not raping someone? There’s an app for that.” As discussed in my last blog, the app to which I refer is the upbeat-named “Good2Go”. Although I do not seem to be able to…
Hey, remember when “No” meant “No”? Well, unfortunately, people are still committing sex crimes. So, California is going a step further with its enforcement of such crimes. The state’s new rule will be that “Yes means yes”. By statute, in fact. Such an approach is not really new. I have…
In the practice of law, there are such things as “legal fiction’s”. These are generally items that lawyers make up in order to prove a point. . Whether the charge is murder, drug trafficking or rape, you have been brought up to believe that the United States Constitution protects you…
This past Sunday, you may have woken up early. 7:00 AM-type early. At the time, perhaps you were listening to Emerson College’s radio station, WERS, located at 88.9 FM on your radio dial. If so, you may have heard me talking about, what else, the criminal justice system. The topic…