Lancaster, NH
DUI and DWI Lawyer at Lancaster, NH
Practice Areas: DUI & DWI, Criminal Defense
OUTCOME: Not Guilty
Stopped for speeding, officer smells odor alcohol, heavy set man fails field tests per officer. At trial medical problems and administration problems with tests. Court dismissed case as officer's tes ... timony was deemed to lack credibility.
OUTCOME: Not guilty of all charges and ALS victory
Grafton Superior Court, Littleton District and NH DMV. Client initially charged with a DWI, and ALS refusal then disorderly conduct and reckless conduct. We won the ALS as state was unable to prov ... e impairment at time of driving. The State then dropped the DWI and misdemeanor charges due to imminent failure in District Court. State threatened to bring felony reckless conduct if client refused to plead to a misdemeanor. Client did refuse as she was looking at graduate school. State obtained a felony reckless conduct indictment. A Grafton County jury heard this case on February 13, 2013 and returned a not guilty verdict. Facts were that a vehicle was found in middle of Route 142 with no hazards on at about 2:30 AM. Client was located at her apartment about 4:30 AM.
OUTCOME: Not guilty
Grafton County Superior Court. Aggravated DWI with a breath test of 0.18 BRAC. Client stopped for speeding, arresting officer claims he fails field sobriety tests and arrests. Client agrees to t ... ake breath test. Result of breath test on Intoxilyzer 5000 EN is a 0.18 Breath alcohol reading. Client has chewing tobacco in his mouth at time of stop and drank while chewing tobacco was in his mouth. Defense hires Mary McMurray a breath test expert to testify that the chewing tobacco could contaminate the breath test making it unreliable scientifically. Jury finds client not guilty.
OUTCOME: ALS Suspension lifted, client given back license
ALS at NH DMV. Snow machine accident and NH Fish and Game respond to scene. Client is taken to hospital for treatment. Client is alleged to have been drinking and refused a chemical test. After ... a hearing at the DMV the hearings examiner finds that the state did not meet its burden to prove that client had been drinking at the time of the accident by even a preponderance of the evidence. Client's license is restored.
OUTCOME: Not guilty on all charges
Coos County Superior Court. A 40 Year old man charged with multiple counts of felony indecent exposure and felonious sexual assault involving an 11 year old. The child and investigating police testif ... ied and were crossed. The defense called some brief witnesses. The theory of the case was that the investigation was poorly conducted and the allegations did not occur..
OUTCOME: Not guilty by judge
Littleton District Division. DWI charge alleging impaired driving with no chemical test. Arresting officer testified and there was a booking video played for the court. The officer was crossed about ... his performance of the FST and the appearance of Ms. B. in the video.
OUTCOME: Not guilty by judge
Littleton District Court Division. DWI charge based on impairment to some degree. Officer testified about FST and operation. Private investigator and fact witnesses testified for defendant.
OUTCOME: Case dismissed, Not Guilty entered.
BERLIN District Court Division. DWI 2nd charged. Facts: Client parked in running truck at 2 AM. Police cruiser pulls near and stops, client and passenger leave truck walk past cruiser and dow ... n street. Officer orders them to stop and come back. Officer then orders client to perform FSTs. Suppression issues raised for stop lacking articulable suspicion and to suppress for compelling the FST. Holding: Court grants the suppression of FST but denies on the basis of the initial stop.
OUTCOME: Driver's license restored
ALS suspension based on BrAC over .08l. Police appeared by video, over Attorney Harden's objection. Multiple technical problems occurred during hearing. Issue of proper observation of client during ... deprivation period arose, inability to address issue resulted in DMV restoring client's license.
OUTCOME: Not guilty by judge
DWI stop based on speed. There was a video of driving, stop and FSTs. Client agreed to a BRAC which was over .08. At trial the BRAC was suppressed and the FSTs were challenged as they were not perfo ... rmed properly according to NHTSA. Judge found client not guilty.
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