NHDefender Blog

11/09/2007. Court Condemns Prosecutor’s Cross-Examination Technique. Have you ever seen a prosecutor torment the accused on the stand by cross-examining him with respect to every instance in which his testimony disagrees with that of other witn… Read More

In State v. Solomon, 943 A.2d 819 (Mar. 20, 2008), Attorney Ted Lothstein persuaded the New Hampshire Supreme Court that the trial court violated Solomon’s right against double jeopardy under the New Hampshire Constitution by attempting, withou… Read More

03/14/2008. No Cross-Examination on Prior False Accusation = New Trial! Today, in an appeal briefed and argued by appeals Attorney Ted Lothstein, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed an aggravated felonious sexual assault conviction because of th… Read More

01/18/2008. Landmark Victory for Privacy and the First Amendment. In State v. Zidel, 940 A.2d. 255 (Jan. 18, 2008), Theodore Lothstein won a landmark victory for the First Amendment … and won his client’s appeal, erasing his felony convic… Read More

11/30/2007. 4 Drug Sales, 4 Trials. When can separate charges against the same defendant be consolidated into a single jury trial? The Hillsborough County Grand Jury indicted Brown for selling drugs to two confidential informants on four separate dat… Read More

New Hampshire Supreme Court. Maximum Jail Sentence, and Maximum Fine, PLUS Probation = Illegal Sentence. The State accused Hancock of urinating on a probation officer, charged as a misdemeanor due to a prosecutorial mistake in drafting the charge. Th… Read More

12/19/2006. Court Reforms the Opening-the-Door Doctrine. In State v. Donald Morrill, N.H. (2006), a case briefed and argued by Ted Lothstein, the Court overruled long-standing precedent and eliminated its “opening-the-door” doctrine. In i… Read More

11/20/2006. Court Reverses Manslaughter Conviction Because Defendant Had Right to Claim Self-Defense. In State v. Ethan Vassar, 154 N.H. 370 (2006), in an appeal briefed and argued by Theodore Lothstein, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed a pro… Read More