How can change my court date?

Your lawyer should at least try to have the date changed by filing a motion to continue. Such a motion should state the specific details as to why...

There is a law that makes it a crime to induce someone under age 18 into an unchaste life. This crime is almost never charged, and is very...

Was criminal complaint filed?

It is likely in these circumstances that there was never any application for criminal complaint filed. The police do not always file an...

DUI case

As other posters have indicated, there is a difference between sealing and expunging a record in MA. Expunging causes all traces of the crime to...

Massachusetts General Laws ch. 140, sec. 129B, which states in relevant part: " Any person residing or having a place of business within the...

Travel to my home country and coming back to US while there is an open felony charge case

Unless there are special conditions of your release, beyond the standard condition that you violate no criminal laws, you should be able to leave...

Will I receive a summons? Did the officer file the report?

Until a criminal complaint has actually been issued after a clerk's hearing, the application for the complaint itself is supposed to be a...

Not all types of physical contact is illegal. The 17 year_old can kiss and hug the 15 year-old if she consents. Only sexual contact in the form...

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It depends on how old he was when the prior charges occurred. Until just recently, Massachusetts charged persons 17 years of age or old as adults....

While I would have to take a look at the docket sheet and the current CORI report to be sure, I'd say from your description that there was a...