Client Charged with Assault Acted in Self Defense

Rockingham County Superior Court. The State charged Client with simple assault based on eyewitnesses, including an off-duty police officer, who swore that during a bar fight, Client walked up to a man already unconscious in the gutter and brutally stomped on the man’s head. Ted Lothstein… Read More

Client Acquitted of Assault Based on Self-Defense Argument

Merrimack County Superior Court. The State charged Client with first degree assault based on a stabbing that occurred outside a restaurant/bar in Concord. Ted Lothstein argued that Client acted in self-defense, protecting himself from a drunken thug. The jury acquitted Client. Read More

Robbery and First Degree Assault — Convictions Reversed

On June 9, 2009, in an appeal briefed by Ted Lothstein, the Court reversed these serious felony convictions because the Manchester Police went into the accused’s home without getting a warrant from a judge. “The search of a home is subject to a particularly stringent warrant requiremen… Read More

Assault Conviction Overturned

Simple Assault – alleged Domestic Assault. Right Vindicated: The Double Jeopardy Right – the principle that the government cannot try and re-try the accused in forum after forum until it gets the verdict it wants. Read Ted’s Brief on Appeal Read the Court’s Decision Overturning… Read More