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Right to an Impartial Jury in recent Massachusetts Domestic Assault and Battery Case

In a domestic assault and battery or 209A trial, jury select can play an important role in achieving a not guilty verdict.  Jurors fill out a questionnaire that provides Criminal Defense Lawyers very little information about them.  Attorney can request a judge to ask additional questions. The questionnaire that jurors…

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New Jersey Drug Lab Scandal, Dry Labbing’ and cutting corners while testing marijuana samples

The Massachusetts drug lab scandal impacted thousands of drug cases and resulted in new trials and convictions overturned in many.  Now New Jersey faces a similar scandal. Lab technician Kamalkant Shah was found to have “dry labbed” suspected marijuana samples. Shah was observed writing ‘test results’ for suspected marijuana that…

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‘Serial’ and what does Ineffective Assistance of Counsel mean in a Criminal Trial

The Podcast ‘Serial’ follows the investigation of the trial of Adnan Syed in 2000. This Podcast has gained a following with its compelling look into the ineffective counsel of Syed’s attorney in failing to call an alibi witness. Ineffective assistance of counsel is a claim raised by a convicted criminal defendant…

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Opening Statements and Will I Tip off the Government as to my theory of defense

How much detail should you reveal in your opening statement? Some lawyers fear revealing their defense in the opening statement and allowing the Government to adjust their case based on the opening. That can occur; what I do to prevent that is focus on the facts that I know for…

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Massachusetts SJC Holds That A Violation While “On Release” Constitutes A Revocation Of Bail

In a recent Massachusetts SJC decision, Commonwealth v. Morales, the Court confirmed its authority to revoke a defendant’s bail after being out “on release” and had defaulted by not appearing to his pretrial hearing and subsequently committed a new crime. The decision essentially means that when a defendant has a…

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Bill To remove license suspension for Massachusetts Drug offenses stalls in Senate

Last month the House voted unanimously for a bill that would repeal the 1989 Massachusetts law requiring automatic license suspensions for drug offenses, regardless of whether or not offenses had a driving component. The Bill was passed by the Senate last year. However, Republican House members added an amendment to…

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Oral Arguments in Utah v. Strieff: The Future of the Exclusionary Rule

The Supreme Court will be back in action next week, and will hear a case about the future of the exclusionary rule when it hears the arguments of Utah v. Strieff on February 22nd. The specific question is whether evidence seized incident to arrest on a minor traffic warrant, discovered during a…

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The DUI Breath Alcohol Per Se limit should not be lowered from .08

Lowering the legal limit should be rejecting as punishing social drinking; it would not have any impact on reducing serious DUI accidents as these are not being caused by individuals with breath test results under .08.   Fox40 points out that this proposition is not new. The National Transportation Safety…

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New evidence supports correlation between gastric bypass and higher breath test readings

The results of a sobriety test, such as the Breathalyzer or blood test, frequently play a crucial role in the outcome of a drunk driving case. When assessing how reliable the sobriety test results may have been, it is important to consider the medical background of the client and any…

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