Over the years, this blog has discussed various instances in which there is little doubt as to whether prosecutors sometimes stretch, or “re-invent” the truth. This has been the case both in state and federal courts. At a time during which we have had to question the integrity of law…
First of all, welcome to the new Boston Criminal Lawyer Blog. As time moves forward you will see a return to daily posting as well as other changes hopefully later this week. Consider it Attorney Sam’s Take Volume II In the meantime, we turn to the skies. We have discussed…
And so the federal conspiracy and racketeering trial came to an end this week. It arose out of the Massachusetts Probation Department. When the dust cleared, former Probation Commissioner John J. O’Brien, as well as his deputies William H. Burke III and Elizabeth V. Tavares, were found guilty of several…
Yes, it is time for final exams in our colleges and universities. No less is true for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. And this brings us to Boston’s United States District Court and the alleged breaking of federal criminal law. Elmo Kim. 20, is a student of Harvard University and, now,…
The final act, at least until the appeals, of the United States v. James “Whitey” Bulger has taken place. Apparently keeping the tradition of this case in erring on the side legal danger, the court sided with the Government this morning as to whether families of people. Bulger was not…
It was like one of those scenes we have have witnessed on television or in the movies. The Federal Investigators are looking for their “criminal mastermind”. They walk into a small branch of the San Framncisco public library and, there, chatting online, is their target. The half-dozen agents are directed…
As the federal criminal trial of James “Whitey” Bulger comes to a close, at least for the first time, it might be time to start thinking about our federal criminal law enforcers. After all, while Mr Bulger was the featured “bad guy” in the government’s own case, the FBI of…
…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…
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…