MLW Article – SJC Limits Exigency Exception to Warrant Requirement
Please read the article by Eric T. Berkman of the Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly regarding evidence seized during a warrantless entry. The article can be found here.
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Massachusetts Lawyers Weekly Article on OUI Cases
State playing catch-up in OUI marijuana cases ‘Gerhardt,’ lack of reliable test hinder prosecutions Pat MurphySeptember 6, 2018 Nearly two years after Massachusetts voted to legalize marijuana, prosecutors find themselves handicapped in proving drugged-driving cases involving alleged pot use because Read more
MLW Top Women of the Law
Congratulations to our colleague Atty. Rebecca A. Jacobstein and former colleague Atty. Kelli L. Porges for being among those to be honored by Mass Lawyers Weekly as Top Women of Law 2018. Rebecca and Kelli are among 50 women attorneys Read more
Women’s Bar Association Host Networking Night
CPCS General Counsel Lisa Hewitt was among the many government attorneys who participated in Government Lawyers Networking Night, hosted by Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and the Women’s Bar Association. The event celebrated 40 years of the Women’s Bar Association’s Read more
Boston Globe – Op Ed
CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti coauthored an Op Ed for the Boston Globe with Dr. Laurie Guidry, chair of the Public Policy Committee for the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (MATSA). The Op Ed, “Changing Sex Offender Read more
The Berkshire Eagle – Attorney Richard LeBlanc
The Berkshire Eagle Monday, June 11, 2018 9:51 am STEPHANIE ZOLLSHAN — THE BERKSHIRE EAGLE Attorney Richard LeBlanc of Pittsfield has received the Edward Duggan Award from the state Commission of Public Counseling Services for his work as a public Read more
Criminal Justice Reform Podcast
CPCS Chief Counsel Anthony Benedetti and Atty. Lee Gartenberg of the Middlesex County Sheriff’s Department joined host, Jordan Rich, on MassBar Beat, the official podcast of the Massachusetts Bar Association, to discuss the recently enacted Criminal Justice Reform Act, Chapter Read more
Coverage on Criminal Justice Issues – April 2018
The last few months have been busy both at the Court and at the State House. To catch up on all that has happened visit the following sites to read articles that cover the Amherst Drug Lab (Farak) case and Read more
CPCS Petitions Court Asking that All Amherst Crime Lab Cases Be Dismissed
CPCS Atty. Rebecca Jacobstein asked the Court to dismiss all cases that were tested at the Amherst Lab. CPCS, the ACLU of Massachusetts, and Fick & Marx LLP have requested remedies that would provide relief to thousands of defendants affected Read more
CPCS Atty. Wendy Wayne and Other Advocates File Writ of Protection Asking SJC to Block Immigration Arrests at Massachusetts Courthouses
On March 15, 2018, the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS) Immigration Impact Unit, the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice (LCCR) and Greater Boston Legal Services filed a petition in the Commonwealth’s highest court, seeking a “writ Read more