Commonwealth v. John Doe – Taunton District Court

DRIVING OFFENSES AGAINST HAITIAN IMMIGRANT DISMISSED AT CLERK’S HEARING.

Our client recently emigrated to the U.S. from Haiti. He has been employed as a warehouse worker. The client was driving a friend’s vehicle and was pulled over because the car had no inspection sticker and the windshield was heavily cracked. Upon the stop, the client only had a learner’s permit with no authorized driver in the vehicle. As a result, the client was charged with Operating without a License, No Inspection, and a violation of the Code of Massachusetts Regulation for the defective windshield. The client did not have much money, so we took the case at a discounted rate and persuaded the clerk to drop all charges.