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    Who is Jack Atwood, the lawyer for Davie Jerome, accused in the death of Plymouth

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    PLYMOUTH – From a man convicted of raping and killing his 13-year-old neighbor in Kingston to a Carver mother who was found not guilty of killing her 3-year-old son by reason of insanity, the attorney appointed to represent a Plymouth man charged with murder has a long list of high-profile clients spanning decades.

    Plymouth solicitor Jack Atwood has been practicing since 1972 and has been counsel in a number of high profile cases. Atwood often takes on these cases as a court-appointed attorney.

    In 1991, he represented Henry Meinholz, who was convicted of the rape and murder of his 13-year-old neighbor in Kingston. In 2003, he defended Pamela Murphy, a drunk driver who hit and killed Melanie Powell, 13, of Marshfield, the namesake for “Melanie’s Law”.

    He defended Helen Kirk, the Carver mother 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 parking lot

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

    Jerome was arraigned Plymouth District Court on monday. He is charged with one count each of murder, discharging a firearm within 500 feet of a building, reckless endangerment of a child, improper storage of a firearm, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, improper storage of ammunition and owning a high capacity car. power supply device.

    Marcelo Almeidaconvicted of murdering girlfriend in Marshfield

    Atwood was the court-appointed attorney for Marcelo Almeida, an undocumented immigrant from Brazil who was charged with murder in the 2011 stabbing death of his 24-year-old girlfriend, Patricia Frois, at her Marshfield apartment complex. Atwood, at the time, said Almeida’s actions were not calculated and were more akin to manslaughter.

    Almeida was convicted of first-degree murder in 2015. In an appeal, Almeida argued he deserved a new trial because the judge who oversaw his first one gave poor jury instructions and failed to reign in prosecutors when they presented evidence of Almeida’s deed. fighting history with Frois, which he said prejudiced the jury against him. In 2018, the state Supreme Court upheld the first-degree murder conviction.

    Michael Beaudryacquitted of murder in Weymouth father’s death

    Atwood represented Michael Beaudry, who was tried for manslaughter and 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 bloodied head and calling for help. His father, Ronald Beaudry, 58, 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 and knocked him to the ground following an argument over a BB gun. In 2014, a jury acquitted Beaudry of manslaughter, assault and battery.

    Helen Kirkfound not guilty in death of Carver’s 3-year-old son

    Atwood represented Helen Kirk, who later legally changed her name to Helen McLaughlin, a 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 strangling the boy in March 2005.

    Kirk waived her right to a jury trial and a judge found her not guilty by reason of insanity. She was admitted to Taunton State Hospital.

    Mark O’Brienconvicted 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 convicted him of murder in the gruesome death of a Marshfield man in 2015.

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

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

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