Legal Question in Criminal Law in Massachusetts

innocence

I had to go to court about six times for a domestic assault and battery charge. Time and time again when I went to court I was lectured and threatened by judges as if they had predetermined that I was guilty (it was a he said/she said incident, but ironically with the weight of evidence in my favor, and her own admission she lied to the police about several details of her accusation). The charges were eventually dismissed by the last judge that I appeared before, with his comment that the charges never should have been filed in the first place. The whole situation was disturbing. I thought I had the Constitutional right for ''presumption of innocence''. Is this in the Constitution? Or do judges have the option of predetermining that someone is guilty before hearing any evidence?


Asked on 4/18/08, 7:50 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
George Davis Law Office of T. George Davis, Jr.

Re: innocence

You weren't found guilty. You said the charges were dropped. If a judge wants to lecture you, I suppose it's his or her perogative, but none of them found you guilty.

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Answered on 4/18/08, 12:15 pm


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