The internet is a funny place. We search for information, products, places and people every day. Some people search for a New Hampshire DWI lawyer when they have been arrested for driving or boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Some people search for a specific New Hampshire DWI lawyer. Some of those searches are for me, Mark Stevens, and I appreciate your search for my profile, case examples, website and blog from the bottom of my heart. Every case result on my website is 100% ve... Read Full Story

I am on the faculty panel for today's continuing legal education course Handling OUI Cases presented by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), in Taunton, Massachusetts. Todays's topics will include boating while intoxicated, field sobriety testing, drunk driving case law updates, application of the Supreme Court's decision in Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts to Massachusetts OUI cases, and other hot topics in OUI litigation. Here is a link to the program brochure: http://... Read Full Story

Here's the latest in the continuing erosion of civil rights: high school students in Foxboro, Massachusetts may be subjected to hand-held, battery-operated "preliminary breath test" gadgets during the school day! When would they be forced to blow into these things? The link below to myfoxBoston.com reveals part of the formula. If the student shows signs of intoxication, like stumbling, slurring their speech, and smelling like alcohol, then they'll be forced to blow into the ... Read Full Story

On October 13, 2009, the United States Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of Padilla v. Kentucky, Case Number 08-651. While somewhat less-known and less-publicized than other cases on this term's docket, the case poses important criminal procedure issues regarding the interrelationship between immigration consequences flowing from criminal convictions, and the duty of criminal defense lawyers to advise clients of those potential consequences. Specifically, the issues prese... Read Full Story

Here's an alarming story about a breath testing gadget installed in a woman's car that indicated she was under the influence of alcohol. As you can see, her hairspray caused the gadget to read positive. Because the woman was on pretrial probation, her hairspray almost landed her in jail.This is a disturbing story for a couple of reasons. First, a citizen was nearly jailed for something she didn't do because a "breath test" gizmo said she had consumed alcohol when she was... Read Full Story

There has been a justifiable national outcry against a new barbaric tactic in DWI cases in which police physically restrain a driver and force a blood draw if the driver refuses to blow into a breath testing gadget. The driver is forcibly restrained by cops, a needle is stuck into the driver's body at least once while the cop tries to find and stab a vein, and the cops suck blood out of the struggling citizen's body, either in a police station or on the hood of a cruiser. You can bet ... Read Full Story

I have received some inquiries regarding when the next DWI or OUI seminars are coming up, so I will post some information about the next two of them here. I will be on the faculty for both of these. Both seminars are continuing legal education (CLE) courses presented by Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education (MCLE), and are co-sponsored by the Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL). The seminars will both be titled "Handling OUI Cases", and they will be held... Read Full Story

Well the summertime trampling of your Rights by the ever-growing number of DWI roadblocks is in full swing. Usually the police trumpet success in these matters when they find a couple of allegedly impaired drivers, along with the usual flotsam and jetsam of petty motor vehicle violations like people driving on an expired license, an expired inspection sticker, and a medley of other offenses that have no impact on public safety: license suspensions for failure to pay a speeding ticket, out of ... Read Full Story

Well here's another weird law. In April of this year, young Scott Mason suffered an ankle injury while climbing Mount Washington. Relying on skills honed as a scout, he survived for three days on the mountain. He was rescued by officers from several agencies after a successful search and rescue effort. Sounds like a happy ending right? Not so fast. Fox News reports that the state is trying to collect $25,000 from young Scott to recover what are allegedly the cost of rescuing him. A story ... Read Full Story

On the Fourth of July every year we honor the Patriots past and present who gained us our freedom and who have fought to preserve it ever since. Parades, concerts, fireworks and celebrations occur all over New Hampshire and everywhere else in America to celebrate our independence from a foreign oppressor in 1776. The freedom won by those patriots is being obliterated every year though, by an ever increasing number of police DWI roadblocks all over New Hampshire. Thousands of New Hampshire cit... Read Full Story