The James “Whitey” Bulger trial is a lesson on the importance of criminal appeal lawyers. They had better be experienced and talented to wade through the legal issues in this case. I believe it is in the Massachusetts appeals courts that the real legal battle will take place. Not since…
Well, this Boston criminal lawyer believes that this Massachusetts robbery story can be placed in the column of “What Were They Thinking?” Lowell gentlemen Brian Cunneen, 22, and John Hickey, 27, hereinafter the “Defendants”, are accused of attempting to rob a Manchester, New Hampshire, convenience store yesterday. According to authorities,…
You knew there were cases out there like this. This Boston criminal lawyer spends a good deal of time online. Among my various cyber-travels, it has been impossible to ignore that the sex industry is alive and well and may well occupy the capital of cyber-space. Of course, not all…
The trial of George Zimmerman for homicide was a Florida case. As you know, I practice criminal law in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As we have discussed in the past, however, certain legal concepts are the same (except for some particular details) throughout the country. The concepts of homicide and…
As has been discussed many times in Attorney Sam’s Take, there are certain situations in the Commonwealth’s criminal justice system wherein one does not enjoy all the rights regularly given, or at least promised, to a criminal defendant. An example of such a situation is when you are on Massachusetts…
I’ll bet you thought the police had enough to do with solving Massachusetts crimes concerning violence, guns, drugs and the like. Sometimes, when conducting these criminal investigations, the police go undercover to ferret out the “bad guys”. They are out to solve crimes that actually take place. At least, that…
The debate is still raging about the deeds and fates of folks who revealed the secrets and procedures of government entities. Some say they revealed information that we already knew, i.e., that the government spies on us. Without taking a stand on that particular minefield, this Boston criminal lawyer brings…
The internet is still a relatively new and growing phenomenon. Adults struggle to keep up with the rapid, almost daily, changes it brings to our lives. Somehow, though, kids seem to be at the forefront of the new technology. And that can be a problem. A criminal-justice-type problem. This Boston…
It is graduation time. Graduations often mean graduation parties. Parties, sometimes, bring violence. In the case of one such Dorchester party, that violence ended up being the death of three individuals. Witnesses to the triple Massachusetts murder remain in shock over the violence which ensued after uninvited guests crashed the…
Yesterday, we discussed the Commonwealth’s latest high-profile murder matter. It is currently at the criminal investigation stage. Yesterday, a famous suspect seemed to be taking legal advice in this matter by a well-known firm…albeit not for criminal defense. Naturally, various folks were throwing in their two cents worth of advice.…