Commonwealth v. Mark S. – Brockton District Court

AFTER JUDGE ORDERS DEFENDANT TO PAY $19,552.57 IN RESTITUTION, ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN PRESENTS ADDITIONAL EVIDENCE AND JUDGE RECONSIDERS HER RULING AND REDUCES THE RESTITUTION TO $5,083.48, SAVING CLIENT $14,469.09.

Defendant, a Bridgewater man, was convicted of multiple counts of Malicious Destruction of Property (G.L. c. 266, §127) for causing malicious damage to an expensive piece of machinery owned by a corporation. At a restitution hearing, the judge ordered the Defendant to pay the corporation $19,552.57 in restitution for the damage he caused to the machinery.

Result: Attorney Patrick J. Noonan filed a Motion to Reconsider the Judge’s Ruling and presented additional evidence showing that the Judge’s findings were incorrect and the true value of the property damage was $5,083.48. After reviewing the evidence presented by Attorney Noonan, the Judge agreed and issued a new order based on the restitution amount proposed by Attorney Noonan, saving his client from paying $14,469.09 in restitution he was not responsible for.