On the day of trial, Brett Lovins negotiated a favorable resolution to his client’s criminal case that avoided a conviction and allowed him to maintain a clean record. The case originated in the Woburn District Court and involved two counts of assault and battery on a person over age sixty and one count of resisting arrest.

Brett Lovins obtained a pre-arraignment dismissal for his client after a clerk’s hearing in the Woburn District Court. The case involved multiple allegations of shoplifting from a cosmetics store. The dismissal preserved the client’s clean record.

On the day of trial, the aggravated assault and battery charges against Brett Lovins’ client were dismissed after the alleged victim appeared in court and refused to testify, asserting her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination. Brett recognized the Commonwealth would not be able to prove its case at trial absent her testimony. By advising his client to refrain from pleading to the crimes pretrial, and instead requiring the prosecution to prove its case, Brett enabled his client to avoid convictions for violent felony offenses.

On the day of trial, Brett Lovins successfully obtained a case dismissal for his client accused of breaking and entering into a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property when the Commonwealth failed to produce the necessary witnesses to prove its case. The charges originated in the Woburn District Court.

Brett Lovins successfully obtained a dismissal for his client accused of assault with a knife when the Commonwealth failed to produce a necessary witness to prove its case. The charge originated in the Malden District Court.

Brett Lovins successfully obtained a dismissal for his client accused of assault and battery when the Commonwealth failed to produce a necessary witness to prove its case. The charge originated in the Malden District Court.

The felony theft offenses against Brett’s client were dismissed pretrial after Brett persuaded the Commonwealth it lacked sufficient evidence to proceed with prosecution. Surveillance video footage from the communal mail room and lobby of the apartment complex where both Brett’s client and the alleged victim lived depicted several tenants exiting the mail room with packages on the date in question. The case originated in the Malden District Court and involved charges of larceny from a building and larceny over $1,200.00.

Brett Lovins obtained a case dismissal for his client on the day of trial when the Commonwealth failed to proffer sufficient evidence to prove its case. The case originated in the Malden District Court and involved allegations of breaking and entering in the nighttime and vandalism.

On the day of trial, Brett Lovins secured a case dismissal in Middlesex Superior Court for his client facing allegations of kidnapping and aggravated assault. Brett investigated the alleged victim (his client’s wife) and discovered she had no intention of testifying against her husband. Brett recognized the Commonwealth would not be able to prove its case at trial absent her testimony. The case was dismissed when Brett’s client’s wife appeared in court to assert her spousal privilege, which allowed her to refuse to testify.

Brett Lovins successfully obtained a dismissal for his client accused of several violent felonies in a domestic assault and battery case after persuading the Commonwealth that its complaining witness’ proposed testimony was not credible. Brett furnished evidence to establish that the witness had fabricated her statement to police officers. The charges originated in the Malden District Court.

Brett Lovins successfully obtained a dismissal for his client accused of aggravated assault and battery when the Commonwealth failed to produce a necessary witness to prove its case. The charge originated in the Malden District Court.

Brett Lovins persuaded the Middlesex Superior Court to reconsider a previous ruling and remove a GPS monitoring device for his client facing armed robbery and other felony charges. The amendment enabled Brett's client to secure a job promotion to a supervisory position that entails out-of-state travel.

Brett Lovins obtained a case dismissal for his client on the day of trial when the Commonwealth failed to proffer sufficient evidence to prove its case. The case originated in the Malden District Court and involved allegations of distribution of obscene matter and criminal harassment.

On the day of trial, the case against Brett Lovins’ client was dismissed. The prosecution entered a nolle prosequi, dismissing the sole charge of leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident causing property damage. After interviewing its civilian witness and multiple police officers, the government acknowledged its case lacked sufficient evidence as to the identity of the driver. By advising his client to refrain from pleading to the crime, and instead requiring the prosecution to prove its case, Brett enabled his client to avoid a criminal conviction and preserve her clean driving record.

Congratulations to Lovins & Metcalf attorney Brett D. Lovins on his selection to the Board of Directors of Suffolk Lawyers for Justice. Suffolk Lawyers for Justice has overseen the delivery of criminal defense services to indigent people in Boston-area courts since 2001.