July 01, 2009

• Steven Topazio wrote this April 27, 2014 at 4:03 am

On 04/30/09, the defendant, a college student with no criminal record, was operating a BMW owned by his father from California, made an improper lane change while on Charles Street in Boston and struck a parked Taxi. The defendant was cited for marked lanes violation and suspended registration, (a criminal violation). Following the accident the defendant, who returned to California, hired Attorney Topazio. Today Attorney Topazio appeared in the Boston Municipal Court at a Magistrate Hearing and was successful in persuading the court to deny the criminal charge of a suspended registration upon the condition that his client agree that he be found responsible of the civil infraction of marked lanes violation pursuant to M.G.L. ch. 89 §4A. The Court agreed with this compromise; denied the criminal complaint, found the defendant responsible of the civil infraction only, assessed a civil fine, and continued the case for payment.