February 27, 2014

• Steven Topazio wrote this June 5, 2014 at 9:45 pm

The client, a 21 year old landscaper, was arrested outside of Nordstrom with wire cutters and $2000.00 worth of stolen merchandise that he failed to pay for after leaving the store, hired Boston Criminal Attorney Steven J. Topazio to defend him. Attorney Topazio met with his client and learned that his client failed to appear at his arraignment after posting bail because he was also on probation and feared he would be held in custody on a probation detainer due to the new arrest.  Not only did the client default on the new case, he stopped reporting to his probation officer and as a result defaulted on that case as well.  Attorney Topazio negotiated a surrender of his client that provided that his client would be released on personal recognizance and not detained pending a resolution on both matters.  Despite the overwhelming evidence of guilt, Attorney Topazio negotiated a plea that avoided incarceration for both the untried case and probation surrender.  Today, the client was found guilty and sentenced to 1 year probation, and although the plea violated his client’s previous BMC probation, Attorney Topazio convinced the court to accept his client’s stipulation to a violation of his client’s probation with a recommendation that the old probation be terminated and he be given a year of probation going forward on the new case.