Criminal defense Lawyer
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, Appeals
OUTCOME: Appeal granted
Client denied a hearing on the issuance of a 209A restraining order in Massachusetts. We appealed the case, and the Massachusetts Appeals Court reversed the case, finding that our client was entitled ... to a hearing.
OUTCOME: Appeal granted; case remanded
Challenged client's sex offender classification level (to protect the client's privacy, an alias is being used in this posting); Providence Superior Court Magistrate Judge Smith granted the appeal and ... remanded the matter back to the Sex Offender Classification and Notification Unit (SOCNU) for re-classification
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed; Record Expunged
Client (whose name will be protected since the case was subsequently expunged) was charged with possession of marijuana (first offense); I negotiated an agreement with the State to dismiss the case in ... exchange for 30 hours of community service and a letter from his employer
OUTCOME: Client pled to deferred sentence
Client charged with second-degree child abuse; pled nolo contendre in exchange for a deferred sentence (which has the legal effect of being dismissed after 5 years of successful probation)
OUTCOME: Aquittal/dismissal; record expunged
Client (whose name will be protected because the record was subsequently expunged) was charged with two counts of child molestation (one count of first-degree, one count of second-degree); at trial, Pr ... ovidence Superior Court Judge Darigan acquitted the client of the first-degree child molestation charge and dismissed the second-degree child molestation charge
OUTCOME: Case Dismissed
The state improperly charged the Defendant; Kent County Superior Court Judge Stephen Nugent granted the Defendant's Motion to Dismiss (the case was later re-charged, at which time the client received a ... deferred sentence)
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