Probation

Probation Supervision Fees have been abolished in MA state courts

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Aug 24Categories: Knowledge Sharing, Probation

A little bit of good new for people on state probation in Massachusetts. Amendments to G. L. c. 276, § 87A have repealed probation supervision fees, effective July 1, 2022. Probationers who have already paid probation fees for July and August of 2022...

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Client discharged from probation early for good behavior

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Aug 10Categories: Recent Win, Probation

A Middlesex Superior Court judge allowed Attorney Goldenberg’s motion to terminate her client’s probation early because he had done so well on supervision. Clients who are successful while on probation and have completed more than half of...

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Judge gives sentencing relief under Primary Caretaker provision

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jun 15Categories: Violent Crimes, Recent Win, Knowledge Sharing, Probation

Yesterday a judge in the Lowell Superior Court chose not to sentence my client to the 5 years in state prison that he was facing and instead put him on probation. The judge made clear that his decision was based on the motion that we filed asking him...

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Client not found in violation of probation despite new charges

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Jan 13Categories: Criminal Defense, Probation

A client on probation in the Middlesex Superior Court was found to have not violated his terms of probation despite being charged with a crime while on probation. The judge ruled that there was insufficient evidence that the probationer had committed...

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Commonwealth v. Norman: addressing the overuse of GPS monitoring for pre-trial release conditions

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Mar 26Categories: Criminal Defense, Knowledge Sharing, Probation

Anyone who spends more than a few hours watching arraignments in a courtroom in Massachusetts may soon notice that judges are very quick to impose GPS monitoring as a condition of release from custody. Sometimes there are specific conditions of release...

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Relief from GPS Monitoring for Some Probationers

Author: Keren GoldenbergOn: Apr 02Categories: Sex Crimes, Knowledge Sharing, Probation

Up until now the law in Massachusetts has been that anyone convicted of a sex offense was required by statute to wear a GPS ankle monitor. In Commonwealth v. Feliz, the Supreme Judicial Court addressed the question of whether the government can mandate...

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