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4th Consecutive Jury Trial Not Guilty on Domestic Violence Charges
July 28th, 2021
Last week, on July 23, 2021, Richard Guerriero won a big victory for his client. After a trial in which both accuser and the accused took the stand, the jury found the accused NOT guilty of False Imprisonment, and NOT guilty of Simple Assault, the tw…
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Victory on Appeal - Landmark Decision in Marital Case
May 26th, 2021
Cutting-Edge Victory on Appeal! On April 1, 2021, we won a major victory in the NH Supreme Court that made the national news, receiving coverage in the ABA Journal, NH Public Radio, the Union Leader newspaper, and elsewhere. We even found our way int…
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Appellate Decision of the Month - "Message Received!"
April 12th, 2021
The Recent 101 Ocean Blvd v. Foy Decision In 101 Ocean Blvd v. Foy, decided on March 19, 2021, the New Hampshire Supreme Court addressed a frequently recurring appellate issue: An attorney that made an improper “send a message” argument to the ju…
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Categories: Appeals
Mass. Appeals Ct Suppresses Evidence from Pretextual Vehicle Stop
February 25th, 2021
In Commonwealth v. Lek, the Massachusetts Appeals Court issued a major decision earlier this month that curtails the ability of the police to make pretextual stops, find a reason to arrest the driver, and then search his car. Surprise! – Pretex…
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Drug Convictions Reversed due to Trial Judge's Biased Comments
February 4th, 2021
The Case and Ruling In late December, in United States v. Raymundi-Hernandez, the 1st Circuit Court reversed not only Mr. Raymundi-Hernandez’s conviction for narcotics trafficking, but convictions of three other codefendants / alleged coconspir…
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2020- Year in Review for the Criminal Justice System
January 24th, 2021
The January 20, 2021 issue of the New Hampshire Bar News printed excerpts from an article that Kaylee Doty-Johnson and I wrote, “The Criminal Justice System in 2020 – A Year Like No Other”. You can read the excerpted article in the…
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Its a crime to Refuse to Hand an Officer Your License on Request
December 5th, 2020
In a November 19, 2020 decision, State v. Shaw, the NH Supreme Court ruled that a driver commits the crime of Disobeying a Police Officer if police officer asks for license and registration, and driver holds up the license to the window but refuses t…
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Categories: Criminal Cases In The News
Landmark Racial Profiling Decision from MA Supreme Judicial Court
September 18th, 2020
Yesterday, September 17, 2020, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (highest court in MA) released a landmark decision that enables victims of racial profiling to hold police officers accountable in court by suppressing evidence obtained as a res…
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End Qualified Immunity and Hold Police Officers Accountable
August 11th, 2020
Are Police Held Accountable for Misconduct? What is the proper role of police in our society? Most people believe that we employ police officers to help the criminal justice system hold people accountable when they break the law. But it feels like ev…
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Categories: Criminal Cases In The News
Ted Lothstein is Chair and Faculty Member for NH Bar's DWI Litigation Seminar
March 11th, 2020
On April 8, 2020, Ted Lothstein will be chairperson and faculty member for the NH Bar’s full day seminar DWI Litigation: Back to Basics. Although marketed as an introductory seminar for both prosecutors and defense lawyers, this CLE will presen…
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