Norman Zalkind and Ruth O’Meara-Costello avert mandatory jail sentence

In August 2012, Norman Zalkind and Ruth O’Meara-Costello convinced a judge to grant their client, charged with his second offense, a continuance without a finding on the charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana, over the Commonwealth’s objection. They also secured the dismissal of the other charges against the client, including the charge of committing a controlled substance violation in a school zone, which could have resulted in a mandatory minimum jail sentence.