Supreme Court Strikes Down Part of Career Criminal Sentencing Law

June 28th, 2015
On Friday, June 26, 2015, in a decision entitled Johnson v. United States, the United States Supreme Court struck down the ‘residual clause’ of the Armed Career Criminals Act. This federal law elevates the sentence for a an illegal gun co… Read More

An End to Drunk Driving?

June 5th, 2015
Could a new touch sensor device for installation in automobiles, championed by NHTSA officials, put an end to drunk driving? NHTSA Champions New BAC Sensing Technology Yesterday,a Washington Post article reported that federal officials have endorsed… Read More

When to Bring an Ineffective Assistance of Counsel Claim

June 3rd, 2015
Can an ineffective assistance of counsel claim be brought on direct appeal? Last week, the First Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a conviction on “direct appeal”, because the defendant’s criminal defense attorney provided “… Read More

No legal limit for THC concentrations in NH

April 29th, 2015
Everyone knows that the “legal limit” for drinking and driving in NH – and just about everywhere else – is .08% blood alcohol concentration. At or over that limit, means an administrative license suspension, and the State pote… Read More

US Supreme Court Says No to Suspicionless Detentions

April 21st, 2015
In an important decision today, a 6-3 majority of the United States Supreme Court held that a police officer must release a motorist after the officer has resolved the underlying purpose of the motor vehicle stop. Rodriguez v. United States (US Supre… Read More

Another Casualty of the Failed War on Drugs

April 20th, 2015
This month, MSN reported on a young college student in North Dakota, exploited by local police and used as a confidential informant to make drug buys from hardcore drug dealers, after he was caught selling $80 worth of marijuana on campus. After the… Read More

Appellate Advocacy Seminar Featured in NH Bar News

April 15th, 2015
On April 8, 2015, Ted Lothstein of Lothstein Guerriero, PLLC and Doreen Connor of the Primmer Law Firm served as co-chairs and faculty members at the NH Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Committee’s Appellate Advocacy seminar. All five… Read More

2015 Appellate Advocacy CLE - a Success!

April 9th, 2015
Yesterday, April 8, 2015, Ted Lothstein and fellow appeals lawyer Doreen F. Connor of the Manchester, NH law firm Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer, PC served as co-chairs for the Appellate Advocacy CLE (Continuing Legal Education seminar) present… Read More

Appellate Advocacy CLE - SOLD OUT

April 7th, 2015
Tomorrow, Ted Lothstein and fellow appeals lawyer Doreen F. Connor of the Manchester, NH law firm Primmer Piper Eggleston & Cramer, PC will co-chair an Appellate Advocacy CLE presented by the NH Bar Association’s CLE Committee. We are pleas… Read More

Quest for Intox5000 Source Code Fails in KY

April 3rd, 2015
In Lokk v. CMI, Inc., a case decided by the Kentucky Court of Appeals on February 27, 2015, the Court thwarted an attempt by defendants in several Georgia DWI cases from obtaining the source code for the Intoxilyzer 5000 breath testing machine –… Read More