218 F. Supp. 2d 26 (2002) (masked armed robbery)

The prosecutor’s outrageous conduct in closing argument, calling himself a choirboy and saying the defendant did not get the presumption of innocence, infected the trial with unfairness.

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53 Mass.App.Ct. 685 (2002) (armed robbery)

The defendant was entitled to display his tattoos to the jury to show that he had been misidentified. Because the judge refused to allow this, he was entitled to a new trial.

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52 Mass.App.Ct. 25 (2001) (attempted murder, solicitation of felony)

The defendant was recorded recruiting undercover informants to kill someone. The evidence was insufficient to convict the defendant of attempted murder.

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Calvert County Circuit Court (2001) (breaking and entering)

The post-conviction petition was granted because the client was entitled to custody credit for time he spent in work release program.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 827 (2000) (armed robbery)

The jury should have been told that the prosecutor’s failure to call crucial witnesses could be held against the Commonwealth.

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50 Mass. App. Ct. 312 (2000) (armed home invasion).

Trial counsel was ineffective in failing to request that the jury be told that consent was a defense to home invasion.

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47 Mass. App. Ct. 1118 (1999) (unarmed robbery)

The defendant's conviction was reversed because the prosecutor's excuse for removing the only black juror - that she was a divinity student - was a pretext for racial discrimination.

47 Mass.App.Ct. 1110 (2009) (violation of probation)

The defendant escaped jail while also on probation. Authorities’ failure to seek his return to Massachusetts prevented them from revoking his probation 13 years later.

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