Sex Crimes Case Results
Boston MA
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Successful Criminal Defense: Sex Crime Case Results by Leon & Davis Criminal Defense Lawyers
May 2022
Client was indicted for Rape after a woman accused him of sexually assaulting her twice while she was sleeping at his home. The woman texted him immediately after leaving his home accusing him of assaulting her. In response, client sent her incriminating text messages which could have been viewed as an admission to the crime. Attorney Leon convinced the jury that the accuser’s memory was unreliable due to her use of marijuana and her prescription medication and that the client’s so-called admissions were the result of fear and his attempt to smooth things over rather than guilt. Attorney Leon retained a psychiatrist as well as an expert on memory formation to testify to the effects of marijuana and her prescription medication on memory storage and retrieval. The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
April 2022
Client was charged with Aggravated Rape, Sex Trafficking, Deriving Support from Prostitution, Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, and Kidnapping after a woman accused him of forcing her into prostitution and assaulting her. She said that client had beaten her with a screwdriver a month prior when he had kidnapped her. Attorney Leon immediately investigated the case and discovered that the alleged victim had been reported missing by her family about six weeks before she made the allegations against client. Her family told police that they feared she was using heroin and had been unable to contact her. Attorney Leon’s investigator learned that the alleged victim had been living in different areas of Boston during a months-long drug binge and eventually found herself living at client’s home. She had returned to her family the day before she walked into the station with her mother to make these allegations. His investigator spoke to neighbors who said they saw the woman come and go from client’s home as she pleased and didn’t appear to be in any distress. He also documented all of her social media posts over the time period which contradicted some of her allegations. Attorney Leon obtained client’s text messages with the alleged victim to show that they were romantically involved. He then sought her phone records to show that she was aware that her family was worried and looking for her and that she fabricated these allegations in order to explain her absence and why she ignored them. Attorney Leon provided the results of his investigation to the prosecutor who filed a motion to dismiss the case shortly after beginning her grand jury investigation. The case was dismissed two months after client’s arraignment.
March, 2022
Client was indicted for Carrying a Dangerous Weapon, Second Offense after he was pulled over by police and searched. He faced a mandatory minimum prison sentence of 5 years if convicted. Attorney Leon retained an expert in firearms and weapons from out-of-state who testified to the technical characteristics of the weapon at trial. Attorney Leon successfully argued that the weapon lacked the characteristics necessary to qualify as an operable weapon under the statute. Client was found Not Guilty after trial.
March, 2019
Attorney Davis’s client acquitted of aggravated rape at jury trial.
November 2020
Client was charged with Aggravated Rape of Child with a 10-year age difference and Indecent Assault and Battery after the 14-year-old alleged victim told her mother that he had assaulted her. Attorney Leon’s investigation revealed that the alleged victim made these allegations after she had been caught sneaking out of school with a group of friends that same day. Medical records did not show any indications of abuse and forensic testing yielded negative results. Today, Attorney Leon was able to get all charges dismissed.
July 2019
Client was charged with Rape after a woman accused him of assaulting her at a house party. Client was held on a high bail after his arrest and Attorney Leon began his investigation immediately which uncovered evidence casting doubt on the truth of the allegations. His investigation showed that the alleged victim did not have an accurate recollection of what occurred at the party and that text messages between them and others suggested that the intercourse was consensual. This evidence was presented to the prosecutor who moved to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed within a month of client’s arraignment.
June, 2019
Indictments for aggravated rape dismissed on the first day of jury trial for Attorney Davis’s client.
February 2019
Client was charged with Rape after being accused of assaulting his ex-girlfriend’s 19-year-old son. Attorney Leon immediately investigated the case and discovered that the alleged victim had a lengthy history of drug addiction and that there were significant discrepancies in his story. The alleged victim claimed that client had overpowered him and sexually assaulted him on a sofa in the home late at night. Attorney Leon obtained documentary evidence proving that the alleged victim was taller than client and outweighed him by almost 100 pounds. He brought this information to the attention of a judge and the prosecutor responded by claiming that the alleged victim had been recovering from a recent surgical operation at the time so he was in a weakened state. Attorney Leon investigated that claim and determined that it was a lie after speaking with neighbors who had seen the alleged victim performing yard work without issue. Attorney Leon also sought medical records for the alleged victim and this confirmed that no medical procedure had taken place. Attorney Leon presented the results of his investigation to the prosecutor who then filed a motion to dismiss the case after deciding that the allegation lacked credibility. The case was dismissed.
September 2018
Client was charged with Rape in July 2018 after his live-in girlfriend walked into the police station to report that she had been assaulted three weeks prior. She claimed that he came home and forcibly had intercourse with her for 10 minutes as she repeatedly told him to stop. She also said that client had raped her on two prior occasions in May 2018. Client was arrested and held on a high bail. Attorney Leon immediately began investigating and uncovered evidence showing that there were significant questions surrounding the credibility of the allegations. Client’s girlfriend had recently discovered that he had been seeing several other women and was planning to leave her. More importantly, she had been issued a notice for violating her probation for a new drug arrest and failed drug tests just four days before she made the allegations. She was facing jail time or a lengthy stint in a rehab facility and had a strong reason to become a victim in an attempt to garner sympathy or explain away her violations of probation. This evidence was presented to the prosecutor who then moved to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed less than three months after client’s arraignment.
June 2018
Client was charged with Aggravated Rape and Strangulation/Suffocation after his girlfriend called police immediately after leaving his home and accused him of assaulting her. Police saw that she was crying and distraught and had her transported to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. She told them that client demanded sex when he arrived home and strangled her during the alleged rape when she was struggling with him. Police found client at his apartment and arrested him despite his attempts to explain what had occurred that night. Attorney Leon immediately investigated the case and discovered that client’s girlfriend had been drinking most of the night before she arrived at client’s apartment which he shared with two other people. His girlfriend was upset about issues they’d been having in their relationship and began screaming and making a scene. Client kicked her out at 1:30am which was 15 minutes before she called police. Attorney Leon obtained video and documentary evidence that contradicted her version of events in several critical aspects and the medical records did not show any indications of abuse or injury. Attorney Leon provided the results of his investigation to the prosecutor who then filed a motion to dismiss the case after reviewing the materials. The case was dismissed less than two months after client’s arraignment.
March, 2018
At jury trial, the alleged victim committed perjury in an aggravated rape and armed robbery case. As a result, all charges were dismissed.
April 2017
Client was charged with Aggravated Rape when a woman he met on a dating app accused him of sexually assaulting her. They were both students who went out on a date and returned to his room to watch a movie. The alleged victim immediately called police after leaving his room and reported that she had been raped. Attorney Leon investigated the case and obtained court orders for surveillance video from the area, records from the dating app website and Lyft driving app, and the alleged victim’s text messages with client. The evidence showed that client and the alleged victim had went out drinking and had been using cocaine that night. Surveillance video from a local convenience store showed that the alleged victim left client’s room at one point and purchased additional alcohol and condoms before returning to his room. Attorney Leon provided the results of his investigation to the prosecutor who then filed a motion to dismiss the case. The case was dismissed two months after client’s arraignment.
October 2016
Client was charged with Rape and Indecent Assault and Battery after being accused by a rideshare customer. Attorney Leon immediately investigated the case and obtained videos from area surveillance cameras showing client and the alleged victim sitting on his car talking and smoking cigarettes for an extended period of time before driving off to another location where they had consensual sex. Client dropped her at home two hours later; however, she accused him of rape the next day. The investigation revealed that the alleged victim’s boyfriend had been waiting at her home for her to arrive during that time period and had been unable to contact her because she was unresponsive to his calls and text messages. This provided the alleged victim with a motive to fabricate the rape allegation in an attempt to explain the situation to her boyfriend. This information was presented to the prosecutor who then filed a motion to dismiss the case just a few weeks after client’s arraignment.
September, 2016
Attorney Davis’s client was indicted for aggravated rape, kidnapping, and assault. After several days of deliberations, the jury acquitted his client of all charges.
October, 2015
Attorney Davis’s client was indicted for twenty-one counts of, among other things, aggravated rape. After a week-long trial, Attorney Davis’s client was acquitted.
August, 2015
Attorney Davis’s client was indicted for rape of two separate victims. After a week of trial and only one hour of deliberations, Attorney Davis’s client was acquitted of all charges.
May 2015
Client was charged with Open and Gross Lewdness after he was accused of exposing himself to two children inside the bathroom of a department store. Client was arrested and denied exposing himself and explained that he was simply using the urinal. Attorney Leon investigated the case and obtained records showing that client suffered from significant mental health and developmental disabilities for over 20 years which made it difficult for him to be fully aware of his surroundings. He retained a psychiatrist at Tufts Medical Center who evaluated client and concluded that he suffered from a substantial disorder of thought, mood and perception, which grossly impaired his judgment, behavior and capacity to recognize reality. The psychiatrist concluded that the client was not competent to stand trial as a result of his disabilities and was unlikely to regain competency. Attorney Leon filed a motion to dismiss the case and persuaded the prosecutor to agree to recommend dismissal after providing them with his expert’s report. The case was dismissed.
May, 2015
Attorney Davis’s client was charged with assault to rape and indecent assault and battery. After thirty minutes of deliberations, the jury returned verdicts of not guilty.
April 2015
Probation Violation Hearing Withdrawn and Dismissed. Client was on probation for sexual conduct for a fee. Her probation officer issued a probation violation notice asking that she be found in violation of probation and sentenced to the house of correction because she was accused of a new offense. Attorney Leon succeeded in getting the new case dismissed last week. Attorney Leon persuaded the probation officer to withdraw the violation notice and a judge then dismissed the case.
December 2014
Client was charged with Open and Gross Lewdness after he was accused of exposing himself to a woman. She called police and they found two men on the stairs inside of a building. The woman identified client when he was brought out by police. Attorney Leon investigated the case and obtained video showing that client was simply urinating against a wall and that the woman could not have seen his genitals from the location where she was standing. He provided the video to the prosecutor and on the morning of trial, the prosecutor asked for the case to be dismissed because the alleged victim admitted that she never saw client’s genitals when presented with the video. The case was dismissed.
July 2012
Client was charged with Failing to Register as a Sex Offender. Attorney Leon investigated the case and determined that police had made a mistake in charging client based on their errors in documentation. Attorney Leon filed a motion to dismiss the case on the grounds that there was no probable cause to believe that client had committed a crime. The prosecutor told the judge that she wanted more time to investigate the case; however, Attorney Leon persuaded the judge to deny the request for a continuance and the case was dismissed.