East Boston Court #05-0640. In an undercover capacity Boston Police witnessed the defendant engaged in a drug transaction with a known female heroin user. The police apprehended the woman and found a sizable quantity of heroin in her possession. The woman admitted that she had just made the purchase from the defendant. She provided law…
Continue reading ›Salem District Court # 04-4351. A Salem woman charged with trafficking a class A substance retained Attorney Stephen Neyman to defend her. The police obtained information that the defendant, a paralegal, was receiving packages containing large quantities of narcotics at her place of employment. Armed with a search warrant the police entered the office and…
Continue reading ›Hingham District Court # 02-0583. The defendant was charged with possessing with the intent to distribute 25 pounds of marijuana. Police contended that on the date of the arrest they had information from a confidential informant that a large quantity of marijuana would be transported from Saugus, Massachusetts to the Plymouth, Massachusetts area. The police…
Continue reading ›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…
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