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Convictions reversed. On March 23, 2023, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the domestic violence convictions of former state senator Jeffrey Woodburn. The Court held that the trial judge refused to allow the jury to consider Woodburn’s c… Read More

Firm partners Richard Guerriero and Ted Lothstein spent the last four weeks in the Hillsborough Superior Court-North in Manchester, trying a first degree murder case that took four days of jury selection, 14 days of evidence and argument, and two day… Read More

“In bed with” – not just a colloquial phrase anymore Sometimes, the cynical among us will say something like, “the judge and and the prosecutor are in bed together,” to express frustration if too many rulings seem to go… Read More

In the last two weeks, the NH Supreme Court has issued two decisions that remind us of the importance of hiring a competent, skilled, knowledgeable and experienced lawyer in the first place. Why is it important? Because in many instances, if you choo… Read More

Three Sentencing Reversals in One Day Yes, on August 16, 2021, the 1st Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston went “on a tear” …. tearing up the sentences imposed by lower court judges in three different cases. These decisions illustrat… Read More

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… Read More

The January 20, 2021 issue of the New Hampshire Bar News printed excerpts from an article that Kaylee Doty and I wrote, “The Criminal Justice System in 2020 – A Year Like No Other”. You can read the excerpted article in the newspape… Read More

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… Read More