October 15, 2013

• Steven Topazio wrote this May 5, 2014 at 4:17 am

The client, a 22 year old college senior, was on probation in another court for drug offenses, was arrested for drunk driving after crashing his car in a congested Boston neighborhood, and hired Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Steven J. Topazio to defend him. Attorney Topazio obtained photographs of the crash scene and his client’s car which had flipped onto its roof after allegedly striking several other cars. The client could not recall the events leading up to the crash after leaving a local bar. According to the police report, a civilian witness pulled the client from his car after it crashed and described the client as being severely intoxicated. Attorney Topazio met with the Assistant District Attorney in an attempt to resolve the case. The client had already received two CWOF’s on his CORI and wanted to resolve this case in the same fashion so as to avoid a conviction or possibly jail time. Despite the severe accident and several damaged cars, Attorney Topazio requested that the court give his client a CWOF upon his change of plea, so as to protect his client’s record and allow him to obtain a hardship license provided he enter into and complete the alcohol education program, and the court agreed with the condition that his client pay restitution for all the vehicles involved in the accident.