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A road rage incident can become a felony in the space of one phone call. When the other driver reports that you displayed or pointed a firearm, what...

Massachusetts has one of the most complex firearms licensing systems in the country. There are two main types of license: the License to Carry (LTC) and the Firearms...

Does a CWOF count as a conviction for immigration purposes in Massachusetts? Yes. A continuance without a finding — universally known in Massachusetts courts as a CWOF —...

If you pleaded guilty to an OUI in Massachusetts and a breath test administered between June 1, 2011 and April 18, 2019 was part of your case, you...

A clerk magistrate hearing is the one moment in Massachusetts criminal procedure where a criminal case can be stopped before it ever begins. Get it right, and the...

If you are not a United States citizen and you face criminal charges in Massachusetts, the stakes go beyond fines and jail time. A conviction — or in...

You pleaded guilty. Your lawyer told you it would be fine. Now you are facing deportation — or you are living under its shadow every day, afraid to...

A gun charge in Massachusetts carries a mandatory minimum sentence of eighteen months in a house of correction — no exceptions, no discretion, no way around it if...

A Brockton trafficking and firearms conviction was reversed because police time sheets, obtained through a public records request, proved the search warrant affidavit was false. Read When the...

In Commonwealth v. Garafalo, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) delivered a major blow to the government’s attempt to stretch the human trafficking statute to deliver heavy handed...