Product Description

Cases involving weapons charges, drug activity, and the money that accompany them aren’t for the faint of heart—they’re fact-intensive, law driven cases and demand a deep knowledge of “the way things work.” Do you know your way around the action, stock, and barrel of a handgun? Know the steps to take to prepare a prosecution or defend a case based on DNA or Latent Fingerprint Evidence? Are you hip to the latest pharmacopeia that snakes its way through Massachusetts’ urban and suburban neighborhoods?

Join us at this program and learn practical tips for prosecuting and defending gun and drug cases. Let this panel of experts from both sides of the aisle bring you up to speed. Come away from this training with the “street smarts” you need to try cases surrounding the triumvirate of crime—Guns, Drugs & Money—and don’t miss your chance to see in person the guns and drugs at play in your cases.

Agenda & Materials

• 9:30 am - 9:35 am

  Welcome and Introduction

  Lynda L. Dantas, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Lowell
  Jason T. Green, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Brockton
  
• 9:35 am - 10:05 am

  Case Law

  Jason T. Green, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Brockton
  Melanie C. Regis, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Worcester
  
• 10:05 am - 10:50 am

  Drugs (Lecture & Demonstration)

  Brian Coen, City of Quincy Police Department , Quincy
  
• 10:50 am - 11:00 am

  Break
• 11:00 am - 11:45 am

  K-9 (Lecture & Demonstration)
• 11:45 pm - 12:15 pm

  Fingerprints

  Richard D. Lauria, Massachusetts State Police (Ret.) , Rockland
  
• 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm

  Lunch
• 1:15 pm - 2:15 pm

  Attorney Conducted Voir Dire

  Hon. Heidi E. Brieger, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Boston
  Joseph F. Janezic, III, Esq., Plymouth District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Brockton
  Melanie C. Regis, Esq., Committee for Public Counsel Services , Worcester
  
• 2:15 pm - 2:45 pm

  Creative Case Theories

  Jason Benzaken, Esq., Benzaken & Wood LLP , Brockton
  Daniel J. Harren, Esq., Middlesex District Attorney's Office, Commonwealth of Massachusetts , Woburn
  
• 2:45 pm - 3:15 pm

  DNA

  Steven Laken, Ph.D, President and C.E.O., Cephos LLC, Tyngsboro
  
• 3:15 pm - 3:25 pm

  Break
• 3:25 pm - 4:15 pm

  Guns

  Greg A. Danas, G&G Firearms Experts, Inc , Lowell
  
• 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm

  Q&A Session

Special Program Materials:

• Trying Drug Cases in Massachusetts

Please Note

MCLE webcasts are delivered completely online, underscoring their convenience and appeal. There are no published print materials. All written materials are available electronically only. They are posted 24 hours prior to the program and can be accessed, downloaded, or printed from your computer.

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