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What is the difference between criminal recklessness and negligence?
N.H. Supreme Court Analysis of Criminal Recklessness and Negligence There are four common criminal mental states: purposely, knowingly, recklessly, and negligently. Deciding whether the State has proven the alleged mental state is often more difficul…
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NCAA Takes College Athlete Name, Image, and Likeness Fight to D.C.
It appears our November 6 blog post questioning the NCAA’s about face to support name, image, and likeness (NIL) rights after California passed its Fair Pay to Play Act. The previous NCAA Board of Governors’ vote unanimously supported, albeit vag…
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Categories: Sports Law
10 Things to Know About DWI Testing
Your driver’s license cannot be administratively suspended for refusing Standardized Field Sobriety Tests (SFST) as it can for refusing a breath or blood test. However, it is important to understand that your consciousness of guilt by refusing any…
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One Year Later: New Hampshire's New 2019 Laws
As we began December 2019 with a New Hampshire snowstorm, let’s examine some of the laws that were new to the Granite state this year. The most pertinent new law to most citizens of the Granite State prohibited slow drivers from the left lane on hi…
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Categories: New Hampshire Criminal Process
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Jury Selection: Deselection and an Open Mind
Be a Human: Listen Many attorneys have told me they are intimidated by panel voir dire. I found this interesting because I have seen so many jurors intimidated by overbearing attorneys before the trial even starts. First, the process of panel voir di…
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California's Fair Pay to Play & the NCAA
College athletes’ ability to profit from their name, image, and likeness On October 29, 2019, the NCAA Board of Governors, led by Ohio State President Michael Drake, unanimously voted to allow college athletes to benefit from their name, image,…
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Categories: Sports Law
The Criminal Process in New Hampshire
October 18th, 2019
Contributor: James B. Reis
Offense Categories In New Hampshire, most offenses are grouped into broad categories that are distinguished by the maximum penalty that may be imposed upon conviction. Violations, which are non-criminal in nature, are punishable by up to a $1000.00 f…
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Kevin O'Keefe has represented thousands of clients in all areas of criminal law. Before establishing Reis & O'Keefe, Kevin was an attorney with the New Hampshire Public Defender.
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James Reis started out at the New Hampshire Public Defender in 2000. Throughout the years, Jim has steadfastly protected the rights of nearly four thousand clients.
Read More About Jim Investigator and paralegal Lisa Greenwaldt has worked tirelessly for the last 23 years in indigent criminal defense at both the New Hampshire Public Defender (NHPD) and with the Conflict Case Administration (CCA). She is intimately familiar with the…
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