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August 8th 2011
Salem District Court
Drug, Possession to Distribute Class B Chapter 94C Section 32A (a)
Client was caught driving his vehicle without a license. However, the problem was the Cocaine that was found under his seat. After police located the Cocaine they also found a cache of forged identifications cards that are often sold to illegal aliens. Moreover, client would be faced with potential deportation if he entered a plea if he admitted to the forged documentation. Attorney Barabino filed several substantive motions while launching an investigation into who could plant this evidence. Over a period of nearly a year and a half, several challenges were made the admissibility of the evidence. And one of those motions---a motion to allow the identity of the informant who told police that the Defendant would actually have cocaine WAS Allowed. An exhaustive search provided the Defendant with information that supported the claim that he was setup by an informant. Moreover, Attorney Barabino had his investigator interview several witnesses at client’s work-thereby uncovering additional exculpatory (helpful information). With this new information as well as other public documentation that was uncovered by Attorney Barabino the District Attorney simply agreed that the Defendant was the victim and dropped all the charges.
RESULT: Motion to Allow the Identity of the Informant, ALLOWED, Case DISMISSED.
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