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Who is Jack Atwood, the attorney of Davie Jerome, accused of Plymouth’s death?

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Who is Jack Atwood, the attorney of Davie Jerome, accused of Plymouth’s death?

PLYMOUTH – Lawyer appointed to represent a Kingston man found guilty of raping and murdering his 13-year-old neighbor to a Carver mother found not guilty of murdering her 3-year-old son by reason of insanity A Plymouth man accused of murder has a long list of high-profile clients spanning decades.

Plymouth attorney Jack Atwood has been practicing law since 1972 and has acted as counsel in numerous highly publicized cases. Atwood often takes on these cases as a court-appointed attorney.

In 1991, he represented Henry Meinholz, who was convicted of raping and murdering his 13-year-old Kingston neighbor. In 2003, he defended Pamela Murphy, a drunk driver who struck and killed 13-year-old Melanie Powell of Marshfield. “Melanie’s Law.”

He defended Carver mother Helen Kirk, who killed her 3-year-old son in 2005 and was later found not guilty by reason of insanity. He is currently David Jerome’s attorney.

David JeromeCharged with murder in Plymouth car park shooting

Atwood represents David Jerome, who was driving his Toyota Rav4 with his 18-month-old son in his car seat when he crashed with 41-year-old Brent Berkeley, who was driving his Jeep, shortly before 6 p.m. on Oct. 25. Berkeley, who was shot multiple times in the ensuing argument, died.

Jerome was brought to court Plymouth District Court On Monday. He is charged with one count each of murder, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, recklessly endangering a child, improper storage of a firearm, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, improper storage of ammunition and possession of a large-capacity weapon. feeding device.

Marcelo AlmeidaFound guilty of murdering his girlfriend in Marshfield

Atwood was the court-appointed attorney for Marcelo Almeida, a Brazilian undocumented immigrant accused of stabbing his girlfriend, 24-year-old Patricia Frois, to death at a Marshfield apartment complex in 2011. Atwood said at the time that Almeida’s actions were not calculated and were more akin to involuntary manslaughter.

Almeida was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015. Almeida argued in his appeal that he deserved a new trial because the judge who oversaw the first trial gave poor instructions to the jury and failed to persuade prosecutors who presented evidence of Almeida’s murder. He said his history of fighting with Frois biased the jury against him. The state’s Supreme Judicial Court upheld his first-degree murder conviction in 2018.

Michael BeaudryWeymouth cleared of murder charge in father’s death

Atwood represented Michael Beaudry, who was charged with manslaughter, assault and battery in the death of his father in Weymouth.

Beaudry was arrested in February 2013 after police found him outside their home holding a shirt to his father’s bloody head and asking for help. His father, 58-year-old Ronald Beaudry, was taken to South Shore Hospital and died a short time later.

Prosecutors said Beaudry hit his father in the head with a plastic pipe after an argument about a BB gun, knocking him to the ground. In 2014, a jury cleared Beaudry of involuntary manslaughter and assault and battery charges.

Helen KirkCarver found not guilty in death of 3-year-old son

Atwood represented Helen Kirk, who later changed her legal name to Helen McLaughlin, the Carver woman who was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of her 3-year-old son.

Helen Kirk told police she believed her son Justin was “the devil” after he strangled her in March 2005.

Kirk waived his right to a jury trial and the judge found him not guilty by reason of insanity. He was admitted to Taunton State Hospital.

Mark O’BrienFound guilty of murder in Plymouth

Atwood represented Mark O’Brien, a South Boston man who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole after a jury found him guilty of murder in the grisly 2015 death of a Marshfield man.

O’Brien and two other men, Michael Moscaritolo of Quincy and James W. Ferguson of Stoneham, planned a burglary that resulted in the death of Robert McKenna, who was found dead in a pool of blood in a Marshfield kitchen in September. 2015.

When the burglary went wrong, McKenna was pushed through a window, severed an artery in his arm and beaten over the head with a frying pan.

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