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Attorney Sam?s Take: Arrested In Boston For Disorderly Conduct ? What Does That Mean?

By Altman & Altman

The other day, I received another one of those calls from a prospective client. He was calling me about a case in which he was scheduled to face criminal charges at Boston Municipal Court the next day. He had not sought an attorney earlier because, until he had spoken to a friend of his, he had thought the charge was ?no big deal?. He was facing felony charges. The fact is, however, there is really no such thing as ?no big deal? when you are facing criminal charges. The crime I most often see the N.B.D. misconception associated with is the charge of ?Disorderly Conduct?. Yes, this is the type of charge that Professor Gates from this week?s headlines faced. People hear of this type of charge and imagine intoxicated people waving an empty bottle of whatever they just consumed, yelling incoherently at passers-by and creating a public nuisance...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on July 23, 2009 (boomark / email).