Chelmsford, MA
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Chelmsford, MA
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Personal Injury, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client charged with Driving While Intoxicated (marijuana) and Possession of a Controlled Substance. Defense excludes from evidence the client’s blood test results and the State lab certification that t ... he “green leafy substance” is marijuana. State forced to dismiss Possession charge and client found not guilty after trial on the DWI charge
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Business partnership dissolves following dispute over money and embezzlement. Client charged with forging and/or misappropriating company funds for personal use in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50 ... ,000). Defense investigation through subpoenaed bank records shows that alleged victims were actually committing theft by check and forgery while the defendant was out of country with his family. Charges against client dismissed by Court.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client charged with violating restraining order held by ex-girl friend when he walks past her place of employment at large shopping Mall twice in two week time period. Client found not guilty after tri ... al. Arresting officer admits that he has no evidence that defendant had prior knowledge that alleged victim had taken job in Mall where he regularly had his hair cut. State can’t prove “knowing” violation of restraining order.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client’s .14 Breath test excluded as evidence. Defense sucessfully argues that State failed to prove that defendent waived his right to refuse breathalyzer test.
OUTCOME: NOT GUILTY
Client’s .14 Breath test wrong. Defense hires independent laboratory to re-test client’s captured breath sample. Independent lab finds client’s alcohol level actually .05 at time of arrest, defense pre ... sents evidence that police department’s breath testing machine defective.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Driver stopped by police and arrested for DWI following routine investigation at roadside including admission to drinking and field sobriety tests. Post arrest booking procedure includes breath testing ... sequence where Police Officer deems client a “refusal” for his failure to properly follow directions and submit a valid sample. Breath test operator claims client was not blowing hard enough and machine was indicating “insufficient sample.” Actual breath test ticket discloses machine error message for “RFI Detected.” Radio Frequency Interference was cause of machine’s failure to register breath result, not the manner in which the client submitted his breath sample. ALS based on alleged refusal of breath test vacated, driver’s license restored.
OUTCOME: CHARGE DISMISSED
Client riding as passenger in pick up truck stopped by police for alleged “loud muffler” on Route 95 off ramp. Police Officer checks licenses and registration but doesn’t issue ticket, instead calls fo ... r back up, removes young men from truck and pats them down for weapons. After finding contraband on client, Trooper asks for consent to search vehicle and he finds two (2) ounces of marijuana. Defense wins Motion to Suppress. Court agrees that the prolonged detention at roadside and subsequent searches are illegal as beyond scope of any legitimate stop for issuing ticket.
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Client stopped for speeding returning from rained out Red Sox game. Admits to drinking a few beers earlier. Police allege he failed field sobriety tests and then attempted to gain favor by claiming to ... be a firefighter, then a police officer then a truck driver. Defense presents evidence that police misconstrued the defendant's actual statements which were he was a father, his brother and passenger was a firefighter, and he would not take a breath test because he had once worked as an auxillary police officer and was familiar with the machine's limitations. Not guilty verdict following trial.