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The Search And Seizure Of A Marblehead Drug Suspect (Part One)

By Altman & Altman

While the rest of us were celebrating freedoms that are the legacy of heroes like the late Dr. Martin Luther King yesterday, one gentleman from the North of Boston was adjusting to the trade of his need of a defense attorney for a ten year term of imprisonment in Massachusetts prison. Of course, he has already served approximately six of those years awaiting trial. Geraldo S., 32, of Marblehead (hereinafter, the ?Defendant?) was found to be in possession of a kilo of cocaine after a traffic stop in 2004. On Friday, he pled guilty to the reduced charge of trafficking over 100 grams of cocaine . This was the result of a plea bargain with the prosecution. Had a deal not been struck, the court would have had no choice but to sentence him to at least fifteen years in the event of a conviction...continue to full post

Full post as published by Boston Criminal lawyer Blog on January 19, 2010 (boomark / email).