POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL (THIRD OFFENSE): DISMISSED

Campus police charged client, 20 year-old sophomore at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, with being a minor in possession of alcohol. This was the Defendant’s third alcohol-related incident at the college. The head detective for the school’s department of safety strongly recommended that a criminal complaint issue against the Defendant because this was his third alcohol-related offense on campus. At the Clerk’s Hearing, Attorney Patrick J. Noonan presented extensive evidence with regards to the client’s character, background, schooling, prospective employment, and ongoing substance abuse treatment.

Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan persuades the Clerk-Magistrate to not issue the criminal complaint saving his client from a one-year suspension from college.