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Massachusetts Sex Offenders Convicted Before 2006 Don?t Have to Wear GPS Devices, Says Supreme Judicial Court

Posted on August 18, 2009
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court says that people convicted of sexual crimes before 2006 do not have to wear GPS devices if they violate parole or probation. The decision split the court 4-3. The majority, however, said that the law cannot be applied retroactively...

Attorney Sam?s Take: A Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer?s View On Juvenile Crime

Posted on August 17, 2009
It happened again last week in the south of Boston island known as Cape Cod. Two gentlemen were arrested for armed robbery of a taxi driver in Oak Bluffs. Soon, they were facing the halls of Justice in Edgartown after the brief investigation. One went to regular court...

Michael Douglas?s Son, Charged with Drug Possession and Distribution, Could Receive Life in Prison Sentence if Convicted

Posted on August 15, 2009
Cameron Douglas, the son of movie star Michael Douglas, has been transferred to the Metropolitan Correctional Center after violating the terms of his house arrest. Cameron, 30, was arrested last month at Hotel Gansevoort in New York City on drug possession and distribution...

White Collar Co-Conspirator Pleads Guilty In Boston-Created Ponzi Scheme

Posted on August 12, 2009
Today, the Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog returns to a subject that dominated headlines for much of the early months of the year. This would be the Bernard Madoff nightmare and his infamous Ponzi scheme. As you will recall, we learned that the Ponzi scheme was originated here in Boston and many of Madoff?s victims indeed lived here in the Commonwealth...

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Boston-Area Teen Arrested For Drug Distribution

Posted on August 11, 2009
This seemed like a fitting blog to post after the three-part series on drug possession. A young gentleman from Braintree is alleged to have kept a virtual treasure-trove of marijuana and evidence of intent to distribute in his car. Detectives found the car...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Arrested In Boston For Drug Possession ? Part Three (The Defense)

Posted on August 10, 2009
We have discussed the realities of being arrested for possession of controlled substances in Boston. We have investigated the importance of the location of that arrest. I have painted, I suppose, a fairly bleak picture. However, I have also told you that an experienced criminal defense attorney can make a difference as to the disposition of the resulting criminal matter...

88-Year-Old Driver Sentenced to Probation for Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Homicide of 4-Year-Old

Posted on August 08, 2009
The 88-year-old Canton woman who accidentally ran down a young girl at a Stoughton crosswalk on Route 138 on June 13 has been ordered to serve six years? probation and pay a $200 fine for the 4-year-old? s death. Isle Horn had pleaded guilty to the charge of Massachusetts motor vehicle homicide...

Grand Jury Indicts Former New York Giants Football Player Plaxico Burress on Weapons Possession Charges

Posted on August 05, 2009
A grand jury has indicted Plaxico Burress, the former wide receiver for the New York Giants. The criminal charges include two felony counts of criminal possession of a weapon and one count of reckless endangerment. If convicted for the weapons charges, Burress, 31, could face 3...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Arrested For Drug Possessui In A Boston School Zone ? What Do You Do? Part Two

Posted on August 05, 2009
You have been arrested for drug possession. You had some cocaine in your pocket as you were going home last night. You are a visitor to Boston and so brought lots of cash to get you through your visit. As you returned home last night to your hotel, the police thought you looked like a suspect they were looking for in a robbery...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Arrested For Drug Possession In Boston ? What Do You Do? Part One

Posted on August 04, 2009
So, you were out last Saturday night in Boston, enjoying the ten minutes or so that it was not raining. You figure you will celebrate with the herb of your choice. After all, this is 2009 and you can just light up some marihuana you have in your pocket and toke away, you figure...

Arrested For Assault, Battery And Child Endangerment, Massachusetts Mom Loses Children And Freedom

Posted on August 03, 2009
The Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog has discussed many cases which involve elements to which law enforcement and the courts are particularly sensitive. Today?s posting involves one such class of victim, namely, children. In this case, it is the mother who faces criminal charges...

Boston Wonders If Doctors Will Be Arrested For Homicide In Michael Jackson?s Death

Posted on July 30, 2009
Between press conferences that threaten to bring the Professor Gates' arrest for disorderly conduct back into headlines, Boston joins the rest of the world in watching the latest Michael Jackson thriller. This time, it features potential clashes between the legal and medical professions and may well end up starring over a dozen doctors teamed up with their very own criminal defense attorneys...

A Defense Attorney Reviews The Evidence As Youths Are Arrested For Robbery And Assault

Posted on July 29, 2009
While we were all watching the recent episodes of ?The Professor And The Officer?, did you know that other arrests were taking place? It would appear that even more violent crimes than disorderly conduct were still being committed around the Boston area and defense attorneys were being assigned or retained to handle them...

Was Michael Jackson?s Death a Crime? Investigators Search Home of Pop Star?s Personal Physician

Posted on July 29, 2009
Investigators are going through the Las Vegas office and residence of Dr. Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson?s personal physician. The search is part of their probe into whether or not criminal charges will be filed in the death of the pop star. The King of Pop, 50, died on June 25, 2009 from cardiac arrest...

Criminal Defense- When A Client Is Charged With Dsorderly Conduct

Posted on July 28, 2009
As we close the lid on this three-part Attorney Sam?s Take posting on Disorderly Conduct, we look at where I come in. Along with other criminal defense attorneys, I stand ready to represent a client facing such charges. When is the best time to contact me? Immediately...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Arrested In Boston For Disorderly Conduct (Part Two)

Posted on July 27, 2009
As a Boston-area criminal defense attorney who has worked on both sides of the aisle, I have been doing a lot of talking lately about Disorderly Conduct arrests in the Commonwealth. I have been interviewed by media outlets out of state, such as the L...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Arrested In Boston For Disorderly Conduct ? What Does That Mean?

Posted on July 23, 2009
The other day, I received another one of those calls from a prospective client. He was calling me about a case in which he was scheduled to face criminal charges at Boston Municipal Court the next day. He had not sought an attorney earlier because, until he had spoken to a friend of his, he had thought the charge was ?no big deal?...

A Boston-Area Professor Arrested For Disorderly Conduct ? Why?

Posted on July 22, 2009
Damage control for the Cambridge Police Department in the arrest of renowned Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. has begun. The charges against him were dropped yesterday as lawyers for the Department announced that nobody involved in the incident had acted ?at their best?...

Racial Profiling?: Middlesex District Attorney Drops Massachusetts Criminal Charges Against Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr.

Posted on July 22, 2009
Massachusetts criminal charges have been dropped against Harvard Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Gates was arrested on July 16 at his home in Cambridge. The 58-year-old Harvard professor, who is one of the most prominent African-American scholars in the US, had just returned home from a trip abroad...

South Of Boston: A Tale Of Alcohol, Murder And Robbery From Days Gone By

Posted on July 21, 2009
Today?s posting of the daily Boston Criminal Lawyer?s Blog takes us back in history. It is a history remembered, however, kept alive by Fall River?s Herald a day or so ago. Actually, in reprinting the article online, they even provided a You Tube video tape of the Fall River Public Library?s presentation of the story to the Fall River History Club introducing the story about the ?bad family? involved...

Arrests For Drunk Driving On The Water Dwindle ? Why Would That Be?

Posted on July 20, 2009
Ahhh?summer! Time for hitting the beaches, cookouts and, as I have said before, Jimmy Buffett tunes. Today, I am reminded of another of Buffett?s songs, namely ?Boat Drinks?. Maybe it is because I am dropping off my son at a boat this morning, but more likely it is because I am reminded about a crime that few people are arrested for although we know it happens a great deal...

Attorney Sam?s Take: Wrongfully Convicted In Massachusetts? Reality Check In Murder And Assault Cases

Posted on July 16, 2009
The website Boston.Com has a story that is probably meant to give us a feeling of justice. It concerns one Kenneth Waters. Mr. Waters spent more than 18 years in prison after being convicted of murder. There, he passed through all of the ?safeguards? that we have put in place, namely appeals, as the world around him passed him by...

Abington Man Accused of Aggravated Assault in Barking Dog Incident Now Charged with Manslaughter

Posted on July 16, 2009
In Massachusetts, 49-year-old Abington resident Michael McGunigle is now charged with manslaughter over the death of another Abington man. McGunigle, 48, is accused of punching Brian Cherry on July 6 during an argument. The altercation between the two Abington men allegedly occurred after Cherry asked McGunigle to restrain his dog...

Boston Nightclub Owner Is Arrested For ?Intimidating? The Police In Shooting Case

Posted on July 15, 2009
Hey, remember the old days when a person actually did not have to talk to the police if he did not want to? Those were the days when we had the right to remain silent and?wait a minute. That?s today. So, now I am confused. Why is someone in the Boston area in need of a criminal defense attorney because of his dealings with the police? I mean, if you can refuse to talk to the police officers, you can lie alittle to protect yourself, can?t you? After all, the law is clear that the police are allowed to lie to non-police types...

Arrested For Homicide Or Drunk Driving? You Should Have Checked The Weather

Posted on July 14, 2009
To me, summer is best symbolized by the recording artist, Jimmy Buffett. In fact, one of my favorite songs of his is ?Weather Is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful?. Summer is a season that is short-lived here in the Boston area. If one counted how many really nice days we usually get,?well, it is kind of depressing...

Salem, Massachusetts Mother Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder of Son

Posted on July 13, 2009
Kristen LaBrie, a 37-year-old Salem mother, has pleaded not guilty to the attempted murder of her son. LaBrie is accused of withholding her son?s cancer treatment before his death. Jeremy, 9, was autistic. In October 2006, Jeremy was diagnosed with non-Hodgkins lymphoma...

Boston?s Attorney Sam?s Take Reviews Arrest And Prosecution In High Profile Matters?Other Than Michael Jackson Suspicious Death

Posted on July 10, 2009
Two scenarios. In the first one, you are on the streets of Boston when you are placed under arrest. The police bring you to court in due time. As you get out of the transport, there is a crowd of people outside yelling questions. You do not see them too well because you have to keep diverting your eyes from all the flashbulbs...

Green Line Train Operator Who Was Text Messaging Girlfriend, 93-Year-Old Motorist that Drove into Wal-Mart, and Falmouth Driver Face Criminal Charges for Allegedly Causing Serious Injury Accidents

Posted on July 10, 2009
Aiden Quinn, the 24-year-old Green Line train operator who was text messaging with his girlfriend when the train he was operating rear-ended another trolley has been indicted on a negligence charge. Three trolley cars were destroyed in the May 2009 Boston train accident that resulted in $9 million in damages...

A Blog Is Delayed, But Returns Tomorrow With Discussion Of Rape, Murder, Michael Jackson And The Media

Posted on July 09, 2009
This is the week of media, Michael Jackson and criminal justice. And the (usually) daily Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog is following those fine traditions today. Remember back to Michael's trial? Remember how he came late to court a few times and the judge got mad and ordered him in one morning? As I recall, he showed up in his pajamas...

Boston Watches As The Investigation Of Michael Jackson?s Death Continues And Homicide Is Likely Suspected

Posted on July 08, 2009
I have to confess a personal interest in Michael Jackson. First of all, I think he was immensely talented and, frankly lead a pretty tragic life in many ways. Second, his trial was the lead story when I was a regular contributor on FoxTV?s ?Studio B?, as well as other such shows, years ago...

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