A Lowell District Court jury took only 15 minutes today to find a Tewksbury man not guilty of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and failure to stop for a police officer.  The case was tried by Attorney Christopher Spring. (more…)

In an opinion issued last week, the Massachusetts Appeals Court overturned a defendant's felony motor vehicle homicide conviction because a testifying state trooper offered an inappropriate expert opinion about the cause of the accident.  The case is Commonwealth v. Douglas Guinan. In 2010, the defendant was driving his 2011 Hyundai Sonata on South Street...

In a horrible decision delivered on Thursday, the California Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that a criminal defendant’s silence after he is arrested, but before he receives his Miranda warnings, can be used against him at his trial.  Click People v. Richard Tom to read the opinion. (more…)

The Massachusetts Appeals Court recently considered whether a defendant’s confession to the police should be suppressed because of his level of drunkenness.  In Commonwealth v. Bigley, the police responded to a motor vehicle accident.  When they arrived, the police saw a motorcycle lying in the middle of the road and on fire. (more…)

The Massachusetts witness intimidation statute (chapter 268, section 13B) prohibits any person from misleading a police officer with the intent to impede a criminal investigation. (more…)