Massachusetts Death Penalty Law
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United States of America v. Elvis Trujillo, Yeferson Vallecillo Cambar
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with “racketeering conspiracy” or “RICO conspiracy”
Two Honduran nationals have been extradited to the United States to face racketeering charges. Each defendant – both of whom are alleged members of the Trinitarios – is charged with participating in two murders. They are alleged to have been in t... More...
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(09-25-2025 - MA)
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Ian Miller v. Spencer Jackson and Sean Roycroft
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Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights wrongful death excessive force case.
Robert Miller died during a run-in with Barnstable
police officers Sean Roycroft and Spencer Jackson at his Cape Cod
home in 2019. He was 63. A big question is how this happened.
The parties (whose names appear in our caption) give differing
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(09-11-2025 - MA)
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Brad O'Brien v. United States of America
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Boston, Massachusetts, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Federal Tort Claims Act wrongful death medical malpractice claim.... More...
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(09-11-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Harvey Rodriguez, a/k/a “Big Opp”
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Boston, Mssachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Conspiracy and Armed Robbery
Lynn Man Arrested for Drug Conspiracy and Armed Robbery>
A Lynn man was arr... More...
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(08-06-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Ranyel Reyes
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute an distribution of heroine.
the most commonly prosecuted federal drug statutes prohibit the manufacture,
distribution, importation, and exportation of controlled substances.1 They also prohibit
attempts and conspiracies to do the same.2 As discussed below, the... More...
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(06-18-2025 - MA)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Karen Read
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Dedham, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with econd-degree murder, manslaughter while operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol, and leaving the scene of an accident causing death.
On June 9, 2022, Read was charged in three separate indictments with second-degree murder in
violation of Mass. Gen. Laws c. 265, § 1 (Count 1); manslaughte... More...
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(06-18-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Tania Fernandes Anderson
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Public Corruption
Boston City Councilor Pleads Guilty to Federal Public Corruption Charges
Boston City Councilor Tania Fernandes Anderson plea... More...
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(05-05-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Gina Llerena-Donohue
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining Social Security benefits.
Spencer Woman Pleads Guilty to Bank Fraud
A Spencer woman pleaded guilty in federal court in Worcester ... More...
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(04-11-2025 - MA)
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Scott Cannon v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc.
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Boston, Massachusetts insurance lawyer lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an ERISA claim.
Scott Cannon, individually and as the personal representative of the estate of Blaise Cannon, appeals
from the grant of summary judgment on ERISA preemption grounds to defendant Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Massachusetts ("BCBS") on his state law wrongful death/punitive damages claim. See Mass... More...
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(03-19-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Sharn Parzival
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making False Statements in an Application for a U.S. Passport and to Federal Agents
Indian National Sentenced for Making False Statements in an Application for a U.S. Passport and to Federal Agents<... More...
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(02-06-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Kemal Mrndzic
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Concealing Participation in Wartime Persecution
Former Bosnian Prison Camp Supervisor Sentenced to More than Five Years in Prison for Concealing Participation in Wartime Persecution More...
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(01-23-2025 - MA)
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Carmela Curley & another v. Fabiana Ternullo
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Lowell, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a will contest dispute.
The decedent died on August 30, 2019, at age sixty-seven. He was survived by his wife, Fabiana; their minor son, Domenico Ternullo, Jr. ("Mimmo"); and his two children from a prior marriage, Carmela and John. Before marrying in 2006, the decedent and Fabiana executed a prenuptial agreement, ... More...
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(01-17-2025 - MA)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Makayla Lowe
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Dfendant charged with armed assault and Robbery with a firearm.
Defendant elected to plead guilty. At the change of plea hearing, the prosecutor recited the facts the Commonwealth would have proved at trial as follows. The defendant facilitated the armed robbery of her ex-boyfriend's apartment. She unlocked the apartment doors,... More...
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(01-03-2025 - MA)
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United States of America v. Dunyadar Gasanov, a/k/a Damien Gasanov
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal charges related to a June 2019 collision involving one of the company’s vehicles that caused the deaths of seven motorcyclists in New Hampshire.
Co-Owner of Westfield Transport, Inc. Sentenced... More...
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(11-21-2024 - MA)
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Brian Joyce
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.
Brian Joyce, 30, of Dorchester, was accusedof murdering Marcus Dunn-Gordon, 27, of Randolph, on Sept. 16, 2019,
According to the DA's office, Dunn-Gordon was at Boston Bowl, located at 800 Morrissey Boulevard, with friends when a verbal altercation began between... More...
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(11-16-2024 - MA)
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United States of America v. Schuyler Oppenheimer, a/k/a “SK,” a/k/a “Michael Sylvain”
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Offenses and Pandemic Loan Fraud
Large-Scale Counterfeit Pill Manufacturer Indicted on Drug Offenses and Pandemic Loan Fraud
Schuyler Oppenheim... More...
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(08-15-2024 - MA)
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United States of America v. Rafael Ashworth
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
Natick Man Sentenced to Six Years in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl
Defenda... More...
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(06-25-2024 - MA)
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Patricia Woodward v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, et al.
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Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful death negligence theory.
A person who (1) by his negligence causes the death of a person, or (2) by willful, wanton or reckless act causes the death of a person under such circumstances that the deceased could have recovered damages for personal injuries if his death had not resulted, or (3) ope... More...
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(04-10-2024 - MA)
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United States of America v. Virgil Wardlow
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Manhattan, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Fentanyl In Exchange For Sex With A Minor.
Bronx Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Distributing Fentanyl In Exchange For Sex With A Minor And Causing The Death Of A 19-Year-Old Victim More...
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(03-13-2024 - MA)
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Jeff Hartley v. Keolis Commuter Services, LLC.
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Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a Federal Employer's Liability Act (FELA) theory.
Keolis Commuter Services operates the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's 14 commuter rail lines serving the Greater Boston region and Rhode Island.
"The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA), codified at 45 U.S.C. §§ 51-... More...
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(11-30-2023 - MA)
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United States of America v. John Wilson
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with falsely claiming payments he made to secure the admission of his son to the University of Southern California (USC) were deductible from his taxes as a business expense and a charitable contribution.
In October 2021, John Wilson, age 64, of Lynnfield, Massachusetts, was convicted by a federal jury of on... More...
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(09-29-2023 - MA)
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United States of America v. Trusts of Salazar Dos Santos and America Dos Santos
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Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants for at least 11 years.
The Justice Department’s lawsuit, filed in 2019, alleged that from at least 2008, Dos Santos subjected multiple female tenants to unwelcome sexual contact, which included coercing them to engage in sex acts, physically... More...
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(05-03-2023 - MA)
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United States of America v. Todd Coleman
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Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with accepting bribes from an Afghan company in exchange for helping it deceive the U.S. military into awarding at least 10 contracts at inflated values.
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(02-10-2023 - MA)
Jo Ann Nelson v. Target Corporation
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Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a premises liability theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of an accident in one of Defendant's stores.
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(01-24-2023 - MA)
Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Laurence Adams
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.
n 1972, James Corry, a 46-year-old transit worker, was robbed and bludgeoned to death by two men on a Boston, Massachusetts subway platform.
A month after the crime, police arrested Harry Ambers and 19-year-old Laurence Adams. Three witnesses -- all members of the Moore family – testified ... More...
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(12-31-1974 - MA)
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Ian Steiner and David Steiner v. eBay, Inc., et al.
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Boston, Massachusetts personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on a R.I.C.O. (racketeering) theory.
Ian Steiner and David Steiner owned and operated ecommerceBytes, a niche publication about eBay and e-commerce. They claimed that eBay's CEO said: "Take Her Down" and agents and employees of eBay and Pla... More...
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(07-21-2021 - MA)
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Renee Ministeri v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
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Boston, Massachusetts insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory.
It is common ground that
ambiguities in an insurance policy — particularly ambiguities in
an insurance policy issued as part of an employee benefit plan
and, thus, within the protective carapace of the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1... More...
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(07-25-2022 - MA)
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United States of America v. Louis D. Coleman, III
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Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.
Coleman, 35, of Providence, R.I., was convicted following a jury trial of the federal charge of kidnapping resulting in death. U.S. Chief District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV scheduled sentencing for Sept. 22, 2022. Coleman was arrested and charged in March 2019 and was subsequently... More...
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(06-03-2022 - MA)
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Victor J. Marola, III v. Tisbury Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., et al.
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Worcester, Massachusetts personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a Jones Act negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damaged as a direct result of an accident
46 U.S.C. 688 provides:
A seaman injured in the course of employment or, if the seaman dies from the injury, the personal representative of the seaman may elect to bring a civil ... More...
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(04-29-2022 - MA)
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United States of America v. John Doe
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with six counts: one count of using a fraudulently obtained passport (Count One), two counts of misuse of a social security number (Counts Two and Three), one count of theft of public funds (Count Four), and two counts of aggravated identity theft (Counts Five and Six) charges. More...
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(01-22-2022 - MA)
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United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia
United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges.
These consolidated appeals arise
from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in
the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...
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(01-22-2022 - MA)
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United States of America v. Gregory Owens
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interstate domestic violence and; discharge of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation charges. Owens challenges the sufficiency of evidence supporting his convictions, the reasonableness of his sentence, and the district court's denial of
his pretrial motions seekin... More...
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(12-29-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. Shawn Sayer
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a one count of cyberstalking charge.
We briefly summarize the relevant facts and procedural course of this case.
After Jane Doe3 ended her relationship with Sayer in January 2006, Sayer stalked and harassed her for various years,
causing her to seek a ... More...
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(12-29-2021 - MA)
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. JOSÉ G. MARTÍNEZ-BENÍTEZ
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possessing a firearm despite his status as a felon charge.
How Martínez's Case Got Here
Martínez pled guilty in federal court to possessing
firearm despite his status as a felon. See 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
His was a... More...
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(12-28-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. Mohan Prashad and David Besaw
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Worcester, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually harassing female tenants.
The Justice Department secured a settlement resolving allegations that Worcester, Massachusetts, landlord Mohan Prashad and his maintenance worker, David Besaw, violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against... More...
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(11-23-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. Jorge Hiram Báez-Martínez
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possession of a firearm charge.
In 2012, Báez-Martínez was convicted at a jury trial for
being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1). The unobjected-to Presentence Investigation Report
("PSR") included the... More...
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(11-23-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. HÉCTOR GARCÍA-CARTAGENA, a/k/a/ Arana
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with possessing drugs with intent to distribute and domestic abuse charge.se
Let's start with the basics. To recommend sentences for
supervised release violators, the United States Sentencing
Guidelines rank new crimes with letter grades (A, B, and C). ... More...
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(11-23-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. Anthony Colón-Maldonado
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with aggravated domestic abuse.
In early 2017, Anthony ColónMaldonado completed his sentence for federal drug crimes and began
his six-year term of supervised release. Just six months later,
a police complaint charged him on "information and belief" w... More...
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(11-23-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. Alfredo Gonzalez
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug-trafficking.
We start by rehearsing the travel of the case. On
October 5, 2016, a federal grand jury sitting in the District of
New Hampshire indicted the appellant, along with fifteen codefendants, on a charge of conspiracy to distr... More...
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(11-22-2021 - MA)
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United States of America v. Jeremy Hugh Rogers
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Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with one count of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon charge.
Because Rogers pleaded guilty, we draw the relevant
facts from the undisputed portions of the presentence
investigation report ("PSR") and the transcript of the sentencing
hearin... More...
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(11-10-2021 - MA)
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Kent Morlan, Esq.
Editor & Publisher
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