2024

AFTER A HEARING, AND OPPOSITION BY THE PROSECUTION, JUDGE ALLOWS ATTORNEY PATRICK J. NOONAN’S MOTION TO SEAL CHARGES OF WITNESS INTIMIDATION, ASSAULT WITH A DANGEROUS WEAPON, AND CARRYING A FIREARM WHILE INTOXICATED.

In 2016, Defendant was charged with Witness Intimidation (G.L. c. 268, §13B), Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (G.L. c. 265, §13A, and Carrying a Firearm while Intoxicated (G.L. c. 269, §10H.) The charges were dismissed. Even though the charges were dismissed, Defendant was not entitled to have the charges automatically sealed from his record. Rather, the Defendant had to file a Motion to Seal, present evidence, and persuade a judge to seal his record. At the record-sealing hearing, the prosecution did not want his record sealed and objected. Attorney Patrick J. Noonan presented specific grounds, with supporting exhibits, showing that the Defendant presented good cause for record-sealing. Even though the prosecution objected, the judge agreed with Attorney Noonan, and all charges were sealed from his record.