Well, maybe not today:
"SJC allows state’s case against Marzilli" by John R. Ellement, Globe Staff | June 10, 2010
The state’s highest court ruled unanimously yesterday that Middlesex prosecutors can pursue attempted indecent assault and battery charges against former state senator J. James Marzilli.
The Supreme Judicial Court pointed out that while Marzilli is not believed to have actually touched his victims, there is enough evidence for prosecutors to show that he tried to do so....
Marzilli’s attorneys had argued that the criminal case should be dismissed because of a 1974 Appeals Court case that found no support in state law for the prosecution of someone for attempted indecent assault and battery.
But Chief Justice Margaret H. Marshall said the 1974 ruling was wrong and will no longer be followed by Massachusetts courts....
Can they do that?
Marzilli, then a Democratic state senator from Arlington, was arrested by Lowell police in 2008 after he allegedly made indecent sexual advances to four women on June 3. He later resigned from office....
Marzilli’s lawyer, Terrence Kennedy of Everett, has said that Marzilli suffers from a major mental illness.
Agreed.
Kennedy said by phone yesterday that he welcomed the SJC ruling because it clears the way for Marzilli to challenge the case before a jury.
Why must lawyers always lie?
“We are pleased to have it resolved so that we can move toward his exoneration,’’ said Kennedy.
Kennedy said the case likely will probably go to trial this fall....
And Jimbo is looking forward to the public humiliation, huh?
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