November 17, 2014

• Steven Topazio wrote this May 12, 2015 at 2:04 am

The client, a 45 high-tech analyst, hired Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Steven J. Topazio to defend him after being arrested by Boston Police.  According to the police report, the client, who had been drinking, approached an N-Star worker and began to harass him, yelling at him and causing a crowd to gather.  When approached by police, the client refused to stop yelling, and continued to act in a loud and unruly manner.  When the police officer decided to arrest the client for disturbing the peace, the client resisted being hand-cuffed, fell to the ground on his back, and then kicked the officer in his groin with his hard shoes.  Attorney Topazio met with the prosecution to negotiate a resolution of the matter so as to avoid the uncertainties of a trial.  Attorney Topazio was able to persuade the Assistant District Attorney assigned to the case to give his client a term of pre-trial probation.  Pre-trial probation is an excellent resolution for a criminal case so as to avoid litigating the case or admitting to a charge, but is rarely offered by the government.  Pre-trial probation is an agreement between the government and the defendant to resolve a criminal case by complying with certain terms and conditions of probation that occurs before a trial or other final disposition.  If pre-trial probation is accepted by the court, the defendant’s case will be removed from the court docket list and then will be dismissed if the defendant complies with the terms of pre-trial probation and does not reoffend.  If the defendant violates the terms of the pre-trial probation, instead of facing a probation surrender hearing, the case rather reverts back to the docket list and proceeds in the ordinary course toward trial.