Reduce Bicycle Accidents: What Are MA State Bike Rules?
Reduce Bicycle Accidents: What Are Massachusetts State Bike Rules? More and more people are hitting the road on a bicycle for both health and to lower their carbon footprint. Massachusetts...
Massachusetts Introduces New Laws on Vaping Products For 2020
Massachusetts Introduces New Laws on Vaping Products For 2020 There has been some controversy recently about the safety of vaping products, also referred to as e-cigarettes. Many people have resorted...
How Hands-Free Driving Enforcement Will Affect Massachusetts’ Residents
How Hands-Free Driving Enforcement Will Affect Massachusetts’ Residents On November 25th 2019 in Boston, Governor Charlie Baker signed improved legislation in relation to the use of electronic devices while driving....
The Principles of Police Interrogations in Massachusetts: Everything You Need to Know
If you have never been interrogated by the police, your only knowledge of police interrogations probably comes from TV shows and films about detectives. But are these police interrogation scenes...
7 Reasons Why DUI Defendants Should Hire a Criminal Defense Lawyer
About one in three traffic deaths in the U.S. involve an intoxicated driver. In Massachusetts alone, nearly 1,400 people died in driving under the influence (DUI) – related crashes between...
Massachusetts Laws on Adult Use of Marijuana
Nearly three years ago, on November 8, 2016, Massachusetts voters approved the historic ballot initiative that put an end to marijuana prohibition for adults 21 and older. On December 15,...
Massachusetts Search Warrants and Curtilage
On behalf of Law Offices of Richard Mucci posted in Criminal Law on Friday, December 2, 2016. Often at issue in drug cases is the validity of searches and seizures...
No Right to Counsel for Massachusetts Defendant While Deciding Whether to Take a Breathalyzer Test
On behalf of Law Offices of Richard Mucci posted in Criminal Law on Tuesday, August 30, 2016. Pursuant to the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U.S. Constitution and Article...
Single Act or Separate Act: Duplicative Convictions on Lesser Included Offenses in Massachusetts
On behalf of Law Offices of Richard Mucci posted in Criminal Law on Thursday, October 15, 2015. The Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution provides that no one shall “be...
Massachusetts Erroneous Conviction Statute and Insufficient Evidence Cases
On behalf of Law Offices of Richard Mucci posted in Criminal Law on Monday, April 20, 2015. Massachusetts law allows a person who has been the subject of an erroneous...
