Your Shield Against Criminal Prosecution
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently considered a case where a Milford woman was charged with Murder when she gave birth without medical assistance that resulted in the death of the baby (the baby was later found in the trash). In its decision, the Court refused to impose a duty upon women that they must seek medical intervention when undergoing…
The Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office recently indicted a man on Massachusetts Sex Crimes Charges for an alleged sexual assault that occurred on the MBTA’s Green Line in 2004. According to prosecutors, the man was riding on the MBTA’s B Line and allegedly positioned himself behind a female rider and began to inappropriately touch himself. When the woman left the…
A Salem woman was arrested over this past weekend on Massachusetts Drunk Driving Charges after she allegedly crashed into a parked two truck in Salem, killing a passenger in her car. The woman, 25 years old, was charged with Motor Vehicle Homicide by OUI / DUI, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle and OUI / DUI. According to the Salem…
A Massachusetts State Trooper’s home was the subject of an attempted robbery and shooting this past weekend by a man reportedly from Oklahoma who was in town for a family funeral. The man, charged with Massachusetts Crimes of Violence Charges, was arraigned in Plymouth District Court on charges including Home Invasion, Attempted Murder, and Gun Crimes Charges. According to the…
A Norfolk woman was arrested over the weekend on Massachusetts Drunk Driving Law Violations following a multi-car crash in Attleboro. The woman was arraigned on charges of Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol and Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle. According to the district attorney’s office, the Norfolk woman was involved in a 5 car crash that occurred on I-95…
Two Boston city employees were arraigned this morning on Massachusetts Drug Crimes Charges following their arrest last friday. Each were charged with Drug Distribution; Unlawful Drug Possession; School Zone Violation; and Conspiracy to Violate the Drug Laws. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, one of the city workers was employed as a Boston parking enforcement officer and the…
Massachusetts has strict Drunk Driving Laws and Penalties, and if you are caught driving while allegedly impaired by drugs or alcohol, the charges and penalties get even stiffer. This past week, for instance, a Barnstable woman was arrested last week on Massachusetts Drunk Driving Charges after she allegedly drove while impaired with her 4 year old in the car. She…
In the recent case of Paul J. Souza v. Registrar of Motor Vehicles, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rejected the Registrar of Motor Vehicle’s definition of “conviction” and ruled that a conviction means only dispositions of criminal charges where a determination of guilt was made. The plaintiff in this case was previously arrested in 1997 for Operating Under the Influence…
Enacted in 1998, the Massachusetts Armed Career Criminal Statute, M.G.L. c. 269, section 10G, otherwise known as “ACC”, imposes enhanced penalties for persons previously convicted of a “violent crime” or a “serious drug offense.” Depending on the number of prior convictions that might form the basis of an ACC enhanced indictment, a person may be indicted as an armed career…
A Boston man was arrested and charged with Massachusetts Drunk Driving Crimes after he allegedly rammed his car into a Massachusetts State Trooper’s vehicle. The man, who is reportedly from Dorchester, was arraigned this morning in Boston Municipal Court for Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol. According to the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office, the operator of the vehicle slammed…