MassResistance: The following discussion took place between Judge Stephen Ostrach, Defense Attorney Stephen Foley, and the prosecutor from the Norfolk County District Attorney’s office during the Feb. 9 hearing on the Peter D’Attilio case. The judge had serious questions about the propriety of the two charges: disturbing the peace and resisting arrest. After a tortured attempt at “explanation” by the prosecutor, the judge had finally had enough and subsequently threw out all the charges and dismissed the case.
The dialogue below is as verbatim as possible — the result of two observers in the courtroom simultaneously taking notes.
