October 29, 2014

• Steven Topazio wrote this May 10, 2015 at 5:16 pm

The client, a 27 year old consultant, hired Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer Steven J. Topazio after he was summonsed to court for an application for criminal complaint.  Attorney Topazio learned that his client moved to Massachusetts from Illinois, then moved to Virginia where his client changed his auto insurance, then moving back to Massachusetts, but failed to reinsure his motor vehicle in Massachusetts when he was stopped by police.  Attorney Topazio instructed his client to insure his motor vehicle in Massachusetts prior to the scheduled Clerk Magistrate Hearing.  In Massachusetts, it is a crime to operate a motor vehicle without proper insurance. The law states that any individual who operates or permits to be operated a motor vehicle for which insurance has not been provided shall be punished by a fine of not less than $500 (no more than $5,000), or Imprisonment for no more than 1 year in a house of correction, or both.  Any person who is convicted of this crime shall have his license or right to operate a motor vehicle suspended for sixty days by the Registry of Motor Vehicles.  Today Attorney Topazio persuaded the Clerk Magistrate to dismiss the complaint against his client.