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Allegations of sex crimes in Boston can be devastating to the family life, career and reputation of the accused. This is particularly true when the accused is a member of the military. Boston sex crimes attorneys have been closely watching the allegations unfolding from the U.S. Military Academy in New…

There is no doubt that the accusations of Boston sex crimes can ruin a person’s life. Massachusetts defense attorneys know that the potential is there to completely tarnish a person’s reputation, future employment prospects, living arrangements and personal relationships. Of course, we also know that a great deal of the…

A former Boston University hockey star and New York Islanders draft pick was recently charged with a sex crime in Boston. This comes just weeks after our Boston criminal defense lawyer reported about New England Patriots wide receiver and special teams member Julian Edelman being charged with a sex crime…

New England Patriots wide receiver and special teams member Julian Edelman appeared in Boston Municipal Court recently to address charges that he groped a woman on a dance floor, the Boston Herald reports. A Boston sex crimes lawyer has seen how allegations that appear innocent on the surface can lead…

A Provincetown man is suing amid claims his privacy rights were violated after authorities allegedly kept records in connection with a voluntary DNA sample he submitted during an investigation into the killing of a fashion writer, the Boston Globe reports. Massachusetts criminal defense attorneys are seeing an increasing number of…

The Massachusetts Appeals Court in the case of Commonwealth v. Figueroa, decided on April 29, 2011, upheld a defendant’s conviction for indecent assault and battery in Chelsea, Massachusetts despite arguments that the court improperly allowed statements of the victim into evidence without providing an opportunity for cross examination. In Figueroa,…

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The Massachusetts Appeals Court revisited the doctrine of the first complaint witness in the recent decision of Commonwealth v. Aviles, decided on August 16, 2010. In Aviles, the defendant appealed his conviction of rape and indecent assault and battery arguing that the trial judge committed error of law in admitting…