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Our client was charged with first-degree murder in Middlesex County after stabbing a woman to death at a library. Both defense and Commonwealth experts evaluated our client for mental illness and found that he was insane at the time he committed the offense. After a bench trial, the judge found our client not guilty because of his severe mental illness.

Our client, a doctor, was accused of four counts of rape in Suffolk Superior Court. He retained Carney, Gaudet & Carney who brought the case to trial. After a week of trial, the court declared a mistrial as the jury found our client not guilty on one count but hung on the other three. After facing Attorney Carney’s vigorous cross examination during the first trial, the alleged victim did not want to pursue the case any further. The Commonwealth dismissed the remaining counts against our client.

Our client, a prominent doctor, was accused of aggravated rape and indecent assault and battery on a child under 14 in Worcester County. The Commonwealth tried to admit a well-known expert at trial to testify about the generalities of delayed disclosures in rape cases. Working as a team, Carney, Gaudet & Carney filed a motion to exclude such testimony on the grounds that an expert may not comment on the credibility of a witness. The judge granted the motion. The morning of trial, the prosecutor dismissed all charges against our client.

Our client, a student-athlete at a local college, was accused of sexually assaulting a fellow student after a party. Our client wholeheartedly denied the accusation. Attorney Nat Carney represented the client through the Title IX investigatory process at the school and negotiated an informal resolution that led the complainant to withdraw the accusation.

Our client was charged with assault and battery on a police officer and unlicensed operation of a vehicle in Boston Municipal Court, Dorchester.  After a jury trial, the jury deliberated for 18 minutes and found our client not guilty on both counts. The client was thrilled to walk away a completely innocent man. BMC Dorchester

Our client, a 54-year-old from the Dominican Republic, was charged in Brockton Superior Court with distribution of a class B substance (cocaine) in 1992. He was deported before the case was resolved. Our client attempted to visit his family in the United States but he was prevented from doing so because of the open Brockton court case. Carney, Gaudet & Carney reached out to the prosecution about the case and convinced the prosecutor to dismiss the charge.

Our client, a certified public accountant, faced charges of larceny in Dedham District Court. We took the case to trial. After deliberating for 12 minutes, the jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty. Our client avoided a criminal conviction and was able to continue being a comptroller for a well-known company.

The Department of Justice indicted our client on one count of transportation of child pornography, three counts of production and attempted production of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. Our client, a teacher, was accused of taping young men while they showered at retreat. Attorney J.W. Carney, Jr. successfully convinced the jury that the federal government failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the intent element of production of child pornography and the jury acquitted our client on those three counts. At sentencing, the presiding federal judge described the case as “brilliantly defended.”