Middlesex Superior Court # 2004-0323. After a two week trial a Middlesex County jury acquitted the defendant of murder. The government theorized that the defendant deliberately shot and killed the victim, a female, while engaging in a road rage related incident. The defense contended that the shooting was precipitated by the victim who witnesses said…
Continue reading ›Suffolk Superior Court # 03-10244. After nearly two weeks of trial and deliberations a Suffolk County jury deadlocked in the trial of a Boston man charged with first degree murder. The government contended that the victim was a drug dealer with whom the defendant had frequent dealings. It was further alleged that the defendant, along…
Continue reading ›Malden District Court # 04-2200. The government alleged that the defendant was standing near a 7-11 convenience store when police observed him making a sale of narcotics to persons in a parked car. The police stopped the purchasers who identified the defendant as the person having just sold them the drugs. The defendant was arrested…
Continue reading ›Armed with a search warrant, Boston police entered the defendant’s apartment, conducted their search and found him in possession of 8 bags of marijuana and a large sum of cash. The defendant was ultimately charged with possession with intent to distribute marijuana in a school zone. If convicted the defendant faced a mandatory two year…
Continue reading ›Ayer District Court # 2004-1989. The government alleged that the defendant, a Harvard woman, flipped her husband’s pick-up truck on Route 495 and fled the scene. Police detectives investigating the matter determined that the defendant had been drinking whiskey when she lost control of the vehicle, struck a utility pole and caused the truck to…
Continue reading ›Suffolk Superior Court. A Boston woman subpoenaed by the government to testify at a murder trial admitted to defense investigators to having lied before the grand jury investigating the case in the summer of 2002. Faced with a possible life sentence for the crime Attorney Neyman asserted the woman’s Fifth Amendment privilege. The trial judge…
Continue reading ›Framingham District Court 04-2534. After a routine motor vehicle stop the defendant was charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle and using a counterfeit Florida drivers license. The prosecution contended that Florida officials confirmed that the license number sequence was invalid and that the document was in fact counterfeit. Massachusetts General Laws defines the…
Continue reading ›Dorchester Docket Number 04-5488. The complaining witness alleged that on September 12, 2004 she met the defendant and another man at a nightclub in downtown Boston. The woman accompanied the two men to an apartment where she claimed to have been raped twice. Specifically, the woman complained to police and medical personnel that the defendant…
Continue reading ›Brighton District Court Docket Number 04-1240. The defendant, a graduate of Penn State University was with several friends attending the Penn State/Boston College football game. Authorities alleged that the defendant was unlawfully consuming alcohol in the stands, and when asked to leave the stadium became loud, agitated, refused to leave and resisted arrest. After two…
Continue reading ›Docket Number SUCR 2003-10808. A Charlestown man charged with armed robbery and armed home invasion was acquitted after a jury trial in Suffolk County. The government presented civilian and police witnesses identifying the defendant as having entered the victim’s home at 6:00 a.m. on Monday, April 14, 2003. It was alleged that the defendant placed…
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