Today, we finish this topic and I provide evidence that I am trying to get these blogs out on a regular basis. The latter item first. Two blogs posted in two days. And now the important stuff. You might think that, by yesterday’s blog, I am arguing that DA Morrissey…
Yesterday, I discussed the case of Antwoin Moore (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) of Brockton. Last week, the Defendant was allegedly driving around while his driver’s license was suspended. The police say they tried to pull him over and he decided that flight was his best option. By the end of the…
On Monday, we discussed a number of recent motor vehicle accidents which took place over the past week in Massachusetts. Today, we focus on one of them. It has all the makings of a scene from a very sad movie. Lisa Leavitt (hereinafter, the “Defendant”) leaves a Christmas party in…
As you may recall, this Boston criminal lawyer has been linked to the late, famed and, frankly, supremely talented Michael Jackson. As one can see on the website’s profile, I was a regular commentator on the Fox News Channel during his trial for sexual assaults against children a number of…
As a long-time Boston criminal lawyer, I can tell you that jury selection, at least in the Massachusetts state courts, is usually an exercise that takes far less time than it does in other jurisdictions There are exceptions, of course. For example, picking a jury in a Massachusetts rape case…
Yesterday, you may have heard me criticizing the Honorable Judge S. Jane Haggerty with regard to the sentencing of Mark Kerrigan (hereinafter the “Defendant”) on the radio. As you know, the Woburn homicide trial ended with a conviction of straight Massachusetts assault and battery. Next came yesterday’s sentencing. As predicted,…
Christina H., 23, of Acton (hereinafter, the “Defendant”), was arraigned yesterday, beside her attorney, in connection with the death of her 13-month-year-old son. She pleaded not guilty to charges that she beat him to death inside her Great Road home this past May.. She was held without bail. Prosecutors say…
In what her Boston criminal defense lawyer is calling the “second-most painful thing to ever happen to her,” Lakeisha Gadson is on trial for the Massachusetts involuntary manslaughter of her 8-year-old son. Liquarry Jefferson was accidentally shot by his cousin, now 10, in 2007 with a handgun owned by the…
Yesterday, as you may have read through various print and other media outlets, I had occasion to drive to North Adams, Massachusetts on a new case. As I traveled the various hours, I was reminded again and again through the radio how I was actually taking my life in my…
Ayanna Woodhouse is charged with Boston aggravated assault and battery and manslaughter in the death of a six-month-old fetus. The 25-year-old woman was indicted on Friday by a Suffolk County Grand Jury. They rendered their decision after hearing testimony from medical experts who said that under normal circumstances the baby…