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We often get the question here at Altman and Altman LLP, if I have lost my Massachusetts drivers license due to a criminal or motor vehicle infraction, am I eligible to apply for a hardship licen...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/applying-for-a-hardship-license-in-massachusetts/

Fans of the hit podcast Serial will be interested to learn that Adnan Syed, the man whose murder conviction is the focus of the show, has been granted a new trial. Last week, Maryland’s second-...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/subject-of-hit-podcast-serial-gets-new-trial/

There are a number of areas in which attorneys and their clients  come to disagreements. After all, in most cases, being the party in a criminal or civil law suit, particularly as a defendant, i...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/expectations-boston-criminal-defense-lawyer/

In response to the historic 1966 case of Miranda v. Arizona, the Supreme Court declared that any person taken into police custody must be informed of the right not to make self-incriminating stat...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/miranda-rights-fifth-amendment-explained/

If you have been convicted of a crime, your conviction is a public record. What does that mean? Well, for starters, potential employers and landlords can do a criminal background search, and they...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/someone-searches-criminal-record-can-find-will-sealing-record-help/

A criminal conviction in Massachusetts doesn’t necessarily mean the end of a case. If you feel that you’ve been wrongfully convicted of a crime, you may have a few more options. Depending on ...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/can-appeal-criminal-conviction/

Steven Avery, subject of the popular Netflix show “Making a Murderer,” was denied a new trial by a Wisconsin judge last week. Avery maintains his innocence in the 2005 murder of 25-year-old p...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/despite-new-evidence-making-murderers-stephen-avery-denied-new-trial/

The fall of 2017 will be a time of major decision making for the U.S. Supreme Court and its new Justice Neil Gorsuch. The Court will be deciding on a number of cases, but its focus on the followi...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/upcoming-supreme-court-decisions-several-big-ticket-criminal-law-items/

Dominick Cristino is a free man. Nearly two years since he was sentenced to up to two-and-a-half years in prison for stalking Milford’s police chief, the MA man’s convictions have been vacate...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/ma-man-found-not-guilty-stalking-charges-serving-nearly-two-years-sentence/

According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), more than 20,000 drug cases are on their way to dismissal following the criminal actions of Annie Dookhan, a former MA state chemist. In 20...

https://www.bostoncriminallawyerblog.com/20000-drug-cases-headed-dismissal-ma/