Blog Posts in 2010
Posted on Dec 30, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Boston Municipal Court: The client was a college student who was arrested and charged by the Boston Police with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon. The police alleged that he got in a ...
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Posted on Dec 20, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Attorney
In Boston Municipal Court: The client, a college student attending a late night dorm party, gets involved in an argument with an older student. The argument escalates into a fight. The client wins the ...
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Posted on Nov 23, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Cambridge District Court: The client was investigated by the Cambridge Police for an allegation of Larceny from a national chain store. Attorney Brant investigated the allegation and argued that it ...
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Posted on Nov 3, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Attorney
In Charlestown District Court: The client was arrested for trafficking heroin in a School Zone. He faced a minimum of 7 years in state prison. Through a series of suppression and dismissal motions, ...
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Posted on Oct 28, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Brighton District Court: The client was charged with Larceny for an incident that was videotaped on a surveillance camera. Attorney Brant negotiated with the police investigators and with the ...
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Posted on Sep 21, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Cambridge District Court: A long time respected public employee was arrested in the middle of the night and charged with Domestic Violence . Attorney Brant investigated the case and discovered many ...
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Posted on Sep 4, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Attorney
In Roxbury District Court: The client got into a Road Rage argument with another driver. The two got out of their cars and got into a fight. The police came to the scene. The client panicked, got into ...
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Posted on Aug 13, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Attorney
In in Malden District Court: The client was charged with larceny. Attorney Brant persuaded the prosecution not to go forward with any of the charges, and it was dismissed prior to arraignment. ...
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Posted on Jul 29, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Attorney
In Waltham District Court: The client was charged by the police with Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon. They said he attacked his girlfriend with a two foot machete that he keeps in his ...
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Posted on Jul 15, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Attorney
A college student was arrested by the police and charged with several Larcenies and Robberies in the area. Attorney Thomas Brant showed the court and the prosecution that these allegations were not ...
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Posted on Jul 8, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Middlesex Superior Court: The client was charged with Conspiracy to Traffick Heroin as the police charged that he, along with 3 others, was involved in a multi-state transportation and distribution ...
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Posted on Jul 6, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Suffolk Superior Court: The client had been on probation for a long period of time but still had several years left on probation. Attorney Brant argued that he had been very successful on ...
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Posted on Jun 23, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Dudley District Court: The client was an out-of-state executive traveling on a Massachusetts highway. A state trooper stopped him, claiming he was driving too close to the car in front of him. The ...
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Posted on Jun 21, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Dorchester District Court: A client, the owner of an automobile business, was arrested for assault and battery . The police came to his house because of a neighbor's call. When the police arrived ...
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Posted on Jun 14, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Haverhill District Court: The client, an owner of a real estate company, was charged with committing an Indecent Assault and Battery. A conviction for this crime would have resulted in his having ...
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Posted on Jun 10, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Boston Municipal Court: A college student was charged with a Larceny scheme that was alleged to have happened over a period of months. Attorney Brant argued that despite these incidents, that his ...
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Posted on Jun 3, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Roxbury District Court : A client was driving a car when he was stopped by the police. The police then began questioning him and his passenger and ordered them out of the car. They searched the car ...
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Posted on May 24, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Middlesex Superior Court: The client was charged with Distribution of Cocaine in a School Zone. He faced a minimum of 7 years in state prison. Attorney Brant argued several evidentiary points that ...
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Posted on May 12, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Middlesex Superior Court: A client was charged with Trafficking Heroin. He faced a mandatory minimum sentence in state prison of at least 5 years. Attorney Brant argued successful suppression ...
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Posted on Apr 27, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Charlestown District Court: The client was charged by the State Police with being involved in an accident on a highway and leaving the scene. The police said that the client crashed his/her car, ...
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Posted on Apr 21, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Fall River District Court : The client was charged with Leaving the Scene of an Accident . Through negotiation, Attorney Brant convinced the prosecution that the client had done nothing wrong and ...
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Posted on Apr 16, 2010 By Boston Criminal Defense Lawyer
In Boston Municipal Court: The client was charged with numerous counts of Assault and Battery against several police officers. Attorney Brant met with the prosecution, imploring with them that these ...
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Posted on Apr 8, 2010 By Law Office of Thomas A. Brant
April 2010- Maine Superior Court My client was charged with trafficking cocaine in the state of Maine. Maine police arrested him and another person and recovered a large amount of cocaine. The police ...
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Posted on Feb 9, 2010 By Criminal Defense Attorney
My client, a doctor, was arrested on domestic violence charges after being accused of assault & battery. I was able to prove that this allegation was untrue, and that the accusations were ...
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Posted on Jan 12, 2010 By Criminal Defense Attorney
In Brookline District Court: My client was arrested and charged with assault & battery and intimidation of a witness. As the father of a young child and a respected engineer, a conviction of the ...
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