New Hampshire DWI Blog

? In New Hampshire, and elsewhere, DWI cases are made overly complicated, and unnecessarily expensive to all concerned, because most drivers are prosecuted twice:?
???? -There is the prosecution in court for Driving While Impaired; and
????? -There is usually also an administrative ?loss of license (ALS) which is imposed by the Division of Motor Vehicles for […]

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?????Later today, when the U.S. Supreme Court’s?justices meet in?conference, they will discuss whether?to?hear an appeal from a New Hampshire?state court DWI conviction.??The question presented is whether?blood alcohol concentration test results may be admitted in a DWI case without presenting testimony from the laboratory personnel who?(a) drew the driver’s blood and (b) analyzed the blood.??
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??Did you know that a DWI conviction in the United States can interfere with international travel?? Canada treats DWI convictions as grounds for exclusion.? This is the official Canadian position, from the website of the Canadian Embassy:
Members of Inadmissible Classes include those who have been convicted of MINOR OFFENCES (including shoplifting, theft, assault, dangerous driving, […]

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???? People come in all shapes, sizes, ages, abilities and conditions. We’ll, not quite. People come in a range of shapes, sizes, ages and abilities. Of course, there is a national average, a national median and a national mean for all of these ranges. Sometimes it makes sense to speak about the national average. But […]

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The funds?come from a federal grant.??Is there any evidence that random, suspicionless police checkpoints are?better at deterring and detecting DWI than visible police patrols??
PORTSMOUTH ? Police are getting a new tool in their fight to keep drunken drivers off the roads.? The mobile-home-sized, rolling command post — complete with blood-testing machines, holding cells and […]

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