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Plymouth State's Contempt for Free Speech Rights Now National News

September 26th, 2018

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Theodore Lothstein

PSU’S SHAME A while back on this page, I wrote about the disgraceful actions of Plymouth State University in shaming and punishing faculty members for exercising their fundamental constitutional right to freedom of speech, freedom of thought, a… Read More

Categories: Criminal Cases In The News, NH State Constitution

DWI Checkpoints Coming to Portsmouth this Week

August 8th, 2016

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Theodore Lothstein

How much does a night out on the town in Portsmouth cost these days? This week, it may cost many thousands of dollars. The NH State Police have announced that they will be using federal funds to conduct a DWI Roadblock somewhere in the Portsmouth are… Read More

Categories: DWI News, NH State Constitution

Legislature Eliminates Captured Sample Requirement

June 27th, 2016

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Theodore Lothstein

The Governor has signed Senate Bill 379, which eliminates the long-standing requirement that Intoxilyzer breath testing machines in police departments capture a preserved sample of the subject’s breath. For decades, our clients have sent these… Read More

Categories: DWI News, DWI/DUI Defense, NH State Constitution

US Supreme Court Says No to Suspicionless Detentions

April 21st, 2015

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Theodore Lothstein

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

Categories: Criminal Cases In The News, DWI News, NH State Constitution, Right to Privacy, War on Drugs Winds Down

Marijuana Laws in New Hampshire

December 1st, 2014

Posted By

Theodore Lothstein

John Maher: I am John Maher, and I’m here today with Ted Lothstein with the law office of Lothstein Guerriero with offices in Concord and Keene, New Hampshire. Lothstein Guerriero represents people charged with crime around the state New Hampsh… Read More

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Protecting our Right to Privacy: Attorneys make use of both the Federal and New Hampshire’s Constitution

August 13th, 2014

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Theodore Lothstein

Which protects us more – the New Hampshire Constitution, or the Federal Constitution? Both Constitutions go back to the founding days of our nation. The NH Constitution came first, ratified in 1784. The Bill of Rights to the United States Const… Read More

Categories: Appeals, Criminal Defense, NH State Constitution, War on Drugs Winds Down

FBI distributes child pornography to ensnare website visitors

May 30th, 2013

Can it be true that our own government is now in the business of selling child porn on the web? Most people would not be surprised to learn that the FBI, with judicial authorization, can seize and shut down a child pornography website. After all, chi… Read More

Categories: Criminal Defense, NH State Constitution

NH Supreme Court - Narrows Scope of Exclusionary Rule

September 18th, 2012

04/22/2008. Court Narrows Scope of the Exclusionary Rule. State v. Joseph Panarello, No. 2007-554 (2008). This decision resolves a classic conundrum regarding the scope of the exclusionary rule. When the police violate someone’s constitutional… Read More

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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… Read More

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BakerHostetler Partner Turns His Back on Justice

February 17th, 2020

OK, that’s not exactly what the BakerHostetler partner allegedly did during a deposition. But I choose not to print it here. Let’s just say that when the firm assigns lawyers to conduct depositions in the future, this lawyer may be bringi… Read More

Feb

Cutting Edge Privacy Case Argued before NH's High Court

February 12th, 2020

Today, Ted Lothstein presented oral argument to the New Hampshire Supreme Court in a case that implicates several cutting edge issues, including the scope of a new and potentially far-reaching amendment to the State Constitution that safeguards peopl… Read More

Recent Case Results

Major Motor Vehicle Charge Reduced to Minor Infraction

Manchester District Court. Teenage client faced charge of Reckless Operation, a major motor vehicle offense that carries a mandatory 60 day loss of license. On eve of trial, Attorney Lothstein secures plea to a lane violation, a minor motor vehicle infraction (like a speeding ticket), with a 10 day loss of license. Read More

Lothstein Negotiates Lower Plea for Client

In Franklin District Court, Client, representing himself, attempted to plead no contest to aggravated DWI (based on a BAC, or breath alcohol concentration, of 0.19). When the judge told him about the mandatory jail time, however, he withdrew his plea and retained Ted Lothstein, a DUI lawyer in NH. By the time of trial, the State agreed to drop the aggravated DWI charge and allow Client to plead guilty to a lesser charge, DWI-first offense. This enabled Client to avoid mandatory jail time, a much longer license suspension, and the ignition interlock program! Read More

Cutting Edge Litigation on First Amendment Law

In State v. Marshall Zidel, 156 N.H. 684, 940 A.2d 255 (2008), the NH Supreme Court became the first in the nation to hold that a prosecution for child pornography for “collaged” images violated the accused’s free speech and privacy rights. Read More

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Plymouth State's Contempt for Free Speech Rights Now National News

DWI Checkpoints Coming to Portsmouth this Week

Legislature Eliminates Captured Sample Requirement

US Supreme Court Says No to Suspicionless Detentions

Marijuana Laws in New Hampshire

Protecting our Right to Privacy: Attorneys make use of both the Federal and New Hampshire’s Constitution

FBI distributes child pornography to ensnare website visitors

NH Supreme Court - Narrows Scope of Exclusionary Rule

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