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Bourne, Massachusetts Drunk Driving Fatality Results in Multiple Criminal Charges

Drunk driving and other criminal charges have been filed against a 22-year-old Falmouth man who was allegedly operating under the influence of alcohol in last month’s fatal car accident on County Road, in Bourne, Massachusetts, according to police authorities. Jonathan Muir was charged in Barnstable District Court with motor vehicle…

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Massachusetts Vehicular Homicide Case Results In Appeals Court Ruling: Judges Can’t Unilaterally “Upgrade” Criminal Charges.

Here’s an interesting decision handed down from the Massachusetts Appeals Court recently. Seems a Barnstable District Court judge overstepped his authority in 2007 when he unilaterally upgraded, or beefed up, the charges that the Commonwealth had tried a defendant on involving a 2006 motor vehicle fatality on Cape Cod. The…