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“The liberties of none are safe unless the liberties of all are protected”
– William O. Douglas, Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court (1961)

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Welcome to our Lowell, Massachusetts Criminal Defense Law Blog

On behalf of Erkan & Sullivan, PC
We established this blog to share stories and information about topics relevant to our practice. Our intent is to highlight local stories, as well as national subject matter, that we think you will find interesting. We will regularly update this blog and encourage you to share your thoughts on these posts.

This is an incredibly common belief for those charged with crimes. It is even more common for people without a long record or limited involvement in the criminal...

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One of the most common questions that a Lowell criminal defense attorney will receive is what to do when the police want to talk to you? The answer...

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In Commonwealth v. Raspberry, 93 Mass. App. Ct. 633 (2018), the Massachusetts Appeals Court upheld the denial of a motion to suppress evidence obtained through warrantless real-time tracking...

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In Commonwealth v. Wurtzberger, 22-P-764 (2024), the Massachusetts Appeals Court affirmed the conviction of a defendant for operating under the influence (OUI) in a municipal parking lot, ruling...

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In In the Matter of a Motion to Compel, 492 Mass. 811 (2023), The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that, when responding to a request under the Uniform...

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InCommonwealth v. Du, 103 Mass. App. Ct. 469 (2023), the Massachusetts Appeals Court threw out of court secret audio-visual recordings of drug purchases from the defendant, made without...

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The defendant in Commonwealth v. Sweeting-Bailey, 488 Mass. 741 (2021), argued that a firearm discovered during a patfrisk should be suppressed, claiming that the traffic stop was a...

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In Project Veritas Action Fund v. Rollins, 982 F.3d 813 (1st Cir. 2020), the First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court’s decision in favor of the...

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In Commonwealth v. Long, 485 Mass. 711 (2020), the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court revised the burden of proof for defendants claiming racial profiling in traffic stops. The court...

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In Commonwealth v. Masa, 1981CR0307 (Mass. Super. Ct. 2020), a superior court judge overruled the defendant’s objection to conducting a suppression hearing via Zoom video conference, finding that...

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