May 29, 2014

• Steven Topazio wrote this October 30, 2014 at 8:02 pm

The client, a 24 year old college graduate and IT professional, was arrested after getting into a fight at a graduation party, hired Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Steven J. Topazio.  According to the Winthrop Police report, the client was intoxicated and appeared with glassy eyes, slurred speech and was holding onto another individual and was swaying.  The client refused to cooperate with the officer or answer his questions.  According to the police report, after a period of time the client became incensed, began flailing his arms and screamed at the officer.  When the officer tried to place the client under arrest, he refused to be handcuffed, tensed his body and refused to enter the cruiser.  At that point the client was physically restrained by the police and then placed into the officer’s cruiser.  Criminal Defense Attorney Topazio met with the prosecuting attorney assigned to the case and persuaded the prosecutor to agree to give his client a term of pretrial probation.  Pretrial probation is a court approved agreement between the client and prosecutor before a trial or plea of guilty.  It is not an admission of the offenses charged but rather a general continuance of the case with the agreement that at the end the case will be dismissed.  Pretrial Probation will result in a delayed dismissal of the charges if the client has no further trouble with the law. This was a huge break for the client as now he will not have to face trial, admit to the charges or have a conviction on his criminal record.