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Does a DWI show up on a background check?

When you’re applying for an apartment or a new job, usually your employer or landlord will want you to submit to a background check. If you’re a person who has never been in trouble with the law before, a background check will be smooth sailing, and you’ll have nothing to worry about. If you’re been arrested before, however, you may be nervous about your background check and what it can uncover. Does a DWI show up on a background check?

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By Bernstein & Mello, PLLC, 5 yearsJuly 7, 2020 ago

Criminal Law

How to Annul a Marijuana Conviction in NH

In 2019, Governor Chris Sununu signed a law that will help streamline the process of annulment of convictions for marijuana from an individual’s record. This process, which goes into effect January 1st, 2020, will allow many individuals to clean up their records of non-violent crimes.

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By hasoptimization, 5 yearsJanuary 7, 2020 ago

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DUI / DWI

What is BAC and What Does it Mean?

In the state of New Hampshire and all surrounding states, it is a DWI offense to drive if you are found to have .08% BAC, or .04% as a Class D driver or .02 for any minor operating a vehicle. So what does BAC mean, and how does it work exactly? Join us as we explain the meaning behind the acronym.

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By Bernstein & Mello, PLLC, 6 yearsSeptember 2, 2019 ago

DUI / DWI

What is a field sobriety test and what does it test for?

We already know what a field sobriety test typically is. Many of us have seen episodes of Cops or dashcam footage of officers pulling drivers over and conducting tests such as the heel-to-toe walk. Even more people riff on these tests, such as asking drivers to recite the alphabet backwards. While being hassled like that with a task you can’t really complete even when fully sober might be funny, field sobriety tests are a serious real life indicator that can help an officer determine if an operator is too drunk to safely be driving on the road.

What is it exactly that a field sobriety test is testing, and what kind of tests may occur? We go over the standardized field sobriety tests used by law enforcement today.

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By Bernstein & Mello, PLLC, 6 yearsAugust 21, 2019 ago

Driving Laws

What is a “habitual offender” in NH?

Everyone has heard of the term “habitual offender”, and while everyone generally knows that a habitual offender is one that is constantly breaking the law, not everyone is aware that habitual offender laws change from state to state. In New Hampshire, a “habitual offender” does not actually apply to a career criminal, but instead only applies to driving.

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By Bernstein & Mello, PLLC, 6 yearsJuly 10, 2019 ago