Recent Cases Of Note:

State v. Chase, Portsmouth District Court, (Docket 03-CR-02342)(charges finally dismissed 12/17/04)  Client charged with Driving While Intoxicated.  Firm successfully litigated in the District Court  a Dismissal of the charges as a result of the State's pre-trial litigation tactics involving threats against the accused from exercising her right to trial.  State appealed to State Supreme Court and District court order overturned as dissmissal too severe a sanction for state's misconduct.  On remand case scheduled for trial and again successful in having all charges dismissed and State ordered to take an ethics course on how to treat the citizenry.

State v. Bourgelais, Rockingham County Superior Court, (Docket  02-S-2834 et. al)(Charges dismissed May 2005)  Client charged with multiple counts of Aggravated Felonious Sexual assault.  State sought to introduce "Repressed Memory" evidence resulting in groundbreaking litigation and case law on admissibilty of "Repressed Memory" evidence in New Hampshire.  National experts on repressed memory testified in week long hearing resulting in exclusion of such evidence as unreliable.

State v. Taft, Southern Carroll County District Court, (Docket 04-CR-1028 et al)(Not guilty after trial 12 counts of Reckless Conduct July 2005)  Client, a carpenter and handyman, had cut a gas line to stove in a home that was believed to be unoccupied during the renovations.  An explosion occurred resulting in the death of a child and the serious injury of several others.  After a multi-day trial client was acquitted of all charges.