“Got those alimony blues And I sure got to pay some dues” -T. Bone Walker, 1975 Long-Term Marriage In 2014, after over thirty years of marriage, Leslie and Harry Dow divorced. For most of the marriage Leslie worked at a preschool earning up to $21 per hour. Â In 2010, however, she and her husband agreed she would quit her job...
Read More 🡒On August 1st, 2017 the New Hampshire Supreme Court issued an opinion reversing and vacating, in part, two convictions for aggravated driving while intoxicated (DWI) for James Fogg. Mr. Fogg was operating his vehicle in Concord while under the influence of drugs. He crashed into another vehicle causing serious bodily injury to both occupants. The State elected to charge him...
Read More 🡒Child Support Decision A recent court decision sheds a little light on some complications that can arise in child support cases. The parents divorced in 2009. At the time of divorce the judge ordered the father to pay $3,200 a month for three children. He paid the support through the 2015 when the mother filed a motion to raise it. Can...
Read More 🡒Manchester Traffic Stop It started when Daniel Jesus Cora  ran a red light in Manchester. Then he cut off a police officer. The officer pulled Cora over immediately. He smelled marijuana as he spoke to Cora through the window. So, he next told Cora to get out of the car. Cora admitted there were a “couple of roaches” in the car....
Read More 🡒Immigrant Accused of Selling Counterfeit Handbags Philip Swaby is a Jamaican citizen but has been living in the United States since 2001. His wife is also a U.S. resident and his two children are U.S. citizens.  He held a green card and intended to apply for citizenship. Unfortunately, in 2011 the federal government charged him with selling counterfeit purses, handbags, and other merchandise....
Read More 🡒Attempted Murder Conviction Reversed In 2015 Kyree Rice was in the middle of an early morning hours wild melee at the USA Biscuit and Chicken restaurant in Manchester. He ended up shooting a man named Curtis Clay. The State charged him with attempted murder. A jury convicted him.  In May of this year, however, the New Hampshire Supreme Court reversed the...
Read More 🡒THE SCENE As I came upon a line of unmoving cars I scanned ahead to see my wife’s car at the head of the line. I then saw my wife hugging a woman and both were crying. My vision moved to the right to see a third car off of the side of the road. I lept out of my car...
Read More 🡒Serious Crimes and Serious Sentences In two separate cases Colorado juries convicted Shannon Nelson and Louis Madden of serious crimes.  For Shannon it was sexual abuse of her four children. The judge sentenced her to twenty years to life. He also ordered her to pay over $8,000 in restitution and court fees. In the case of Madden the charges were sexual...
Read More 🡒Here is a quick update on marijuana legislation in New Hampshire. Tuesday there were a number of hearings in the Senate concerning proposed marijuana laws. The two most positive concern House Bills (HB) 157 and 160. HB 157 allows patients who suffer from moderate to severe chronic pain to qualify for a prescription for medical marijuana. This Bill passed 4-1...
Read More 🡒Wrongful Arrest According to a lawsuit field by Elijah Manuel, police officers in Joliet, Illinois arrested him for no valid reason. Mr. Manuel claims that the police searched him and found a bottle of vitamins. The police performed a preliminary field test indicating that the pills were not illegal drugs. Nevertheless, they believed the pills contained ecstasy and arrested Mr. Manuel.  At...
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