Stevie Flemmi was on board as an informant. Whitey wasn’t. To understand why Stevie needs to bring Whitey in it is good to take a look at how both men were being perceived by the Winter Hill Gang. John Martorano gave us an insight into their relationship with the others in that gang. What he…
Saint Patrick’s Day Thoughts
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day! Billy made a comment yesterday about the St. Patrick’s day parade in South Boston. For background, he is co-author of a book about the legal fight to allow the parade sponsors to decide upon the message of their parade titled: From Trial Court To The United States Supreme Court. He also participated as a…
Judge Denise J. Casper Jumps Into The Fray
Who? I suppose I shouldn’t ask that question. I never heard of her but then again I haven’t practiced in the federal district court since the days of standing before J. Arthur Garrity defending a client almost as badly vilified as James “Whitey” Bulger, the Boston School Committee. I did notice she was highly praised…
A Cite And A Circus
Hat tip to Jim P. Here’s where you can read the decision of the Court of Appeals. http://www.ca1.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/getopn.pl?OPINION=12-2488P.01A I recommend you do it although many of you seem to have already done so. Go to the end at footnote number 3. There the court says Judge Stearns’s ruling of March 4 on immunity does…
Court Removes Judge Stearns Based On Public Perception
The Court of Appeals in an opinion written by Justice David Souter has removed Judge Richard Stearns from Whitey Bulger’s case. The decision told of the history behind the indictment calling Whitey “a leader of a criminal organization in Boston from 1972 to 1999.” It notes his association with Steve Flemmi who pleaded guilty and…
Judge Stearns Out Of Whitey’s Trial
It’s reported Stearns is out. Judge Soutter a former justice of the Supreme Court wrote: “With great respect for the trial judge, we nonetheless grant the petition, because it is clear that a reasonable person would question the capacity for impartiality of any judicial officer with the judge’s particular background in the federal prosecutorial apparatus…