New England Patriots’ tight end Aaron Hernandez has a problem. Massachusetts criminal investigation type problem. That problem may be compounded by civil allegations from another state. After hearing some advice suggested to Mr. Hernandez from a gentleman in the profession of public relations on WBZ radio (1030am) this morning, this…
…And so the battles begin. The judicial chess game. The “trial of the century”. This Boston criminal lawyer has been there many times. I know how it feels. It does not get any more intense than in a case like this. Witnesses have begun to testify in James “Whitey” Bulger’s…
Do not kid yourself. The case may be high profile, but these issues are hardly new. The only thing that might be regarded as novel is the variance from the normal rules by which the system treats the multiple murder case of United States vs James “Whitey” Bulger. This Long-time…
If you were on route 107 like this Boston criminal lawyer this morning, and found traffic flow making you wish you were actually riding in on a turtle, the problem may have been a tragedy. Shortly before 5:00am this morning, a reported hit and run incident took place. Saugus Police…
The federal trial may be beginning, but, as this Boston criminal lawyer can tell you, the attempts to control what evidence is presented to the jury continues. It will continue, by the way, throughout the trial. At the start of any trial, motions in limine are brought to get advance…
This Boston criminal lawyer has been there many times. It is the prologue to war; the days and weeks before trial. The bigger the case, the larger the chess board. We may call it a quest for Justice, but make no mistake. For the witnesses and the lawyers, including the…
And so the coffin lid slammed shut on the Zumba fitness instructor, 30-year-old Alexis Wright (hereinafter, the “Defendant”). She pleaded guilty in March and was sentenced today for the now infamous prostitution conspiracy in Kennebunk, Maine. The defendant originally had a codefendant who was alleged to have been part of…
At least 75 people were arrested yesterday by the Boston Police Department during a targeted raid in the Boston neighborhood of Roxbury. The raid, called “Operation H,” took place around 6 a.m. Tuesday morning in an effort to crack down on drug deals and gang-related violence in the neighborhood before…
An allegation of Massachusetts domestic violence can affect your entire life. It can create irreversible harm long before you have a trial or resolve the criminal charges. This Boston criminal lawyer has handled many such cases over the past quarter century. Through my Attorney Sam’s Take, I have attempted to…
As we have discussed many times over the past years, we are seeing more and more prosecutions for things that we barely even heard about, much less saw Massachusetts criminal prosecutions for… although we kind of knew they existed. Today, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog brings you another one. A…