Driving Offenses

Motor Vehicle Homicide charges dismissed

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Apr 06Categories: Driving Offenses, Recent Win

For the past 3 years Attorney Goldenberg has been representing a client accused of negligent motor vehicle homicide. From the first time they met, she suspected that he had suffered a seizure that resulted in the fatal collision. He had never been diagnosed...

Statements Suppressed in the Lowell District Court

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 05Categories: Driving Offenses, Recent Win

My associate, Kayla Fahey, successfully convinced a Lowell District Court judge to suppress her client’s incriminating statements made to the police during a traffic stop. During the Motion to Suppress hearing, Attorney Fahey elicited testimony from...

NOT GUILTY of Operating Under the Influence of Alcohol

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jun 20Categories: Driving Offenses, Criminal Defense, Recent Win

Yesterday a jury in the Cambridge District Court quickly returned a not guilty verdict for our client. Our client called the police following a minor car accident because the other driver was irate and behaving bizarrely. Instead of addressing the situation,...

Court Ruling: Breathalyzer results excluded from trial evidence until state gets its act together

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jan 11Categories: Driving Offenses, Criminal Defense

It has been an uphill battle for defense attorneys, but the court has issued a good ruling Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ use of unreliable breath tests in OUI/DUI cases. The most recent round of litigation concerning the scientific reliability of the...

Non-citizen client found NOT GUILTY of OUI

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Dec 22Categories: Criminal Defense, Recent Win, Immigration, Driving Offenses

I am thrilled to report that a beloved client was found not guilty of Operating Under the Influence of alcohol (OUI) earlier today. This case had extra significance because the client is not a US citizen and a conviction for OUI could have very serious...

State Agency Withheld Evidence of Faulty Breathalyzer Machines

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 17Categories: Driving Offenses, Criminal Defense

After a shocking discovery that the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of Alcohol Testing intentionally withheld information about its faulty breath tests, District Attorney’s Offices all over the state have suspended the use of breathalyzer testing...

No Right To Counsel When Deciding Whether To Take The Breathalyzer

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Sep 07Categories: Driving Offenses

In Commonwealth v. Neary-French the Supreme Judicial Court once again held, as it did back in 1989, that there is no right to counsel before a suspected drunk driver decides whether to take a breathalyzer test.” The SJC held that despite the creation...

License Reinstated After Years of Suspension

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Apr 11Categories: Driving Offenses, Recent Win

Many people throughout the state of Massachusetts drive from place to place on a daily basis, and the inability to do so would cause significant difficulties. For this reason, it is important to avoid driver’s license suspension or revocation if at...