The following compendium is a Department of Safety document designed to provide a systematic and ready reference of superior court decisions. It includes court decisions on all driver license suspension appeals since May 1, 1992. This site will be updated periodically as new decisions are received.

The below document (1-16) is provided as a public service with the explicit caveat that the abridged excerpts are not "official summaries" of the cases abstracted and should be used only as an index for obtaining the full text of the court’s decisions. Last updated on July 2, 2007.

Catalog List

1. ISSUES REGARDING VARIOUS GROUNDS FOR STOP
   1. TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS
   2. ERRATIC OPERATION
   3. ISSUES INVOLVING "WAY"
   4. MISCELLANEOUS
2. ISSUES REGARDING ACTUAL PHYSICAL CONTROL OF MV
3. ISSUES REGARDING ALS/ACCIDENT CASES
4. ANONYMOUS INFORMATION/CITIZEN COMPLAINTS OF DWI
5. JURISDICTIONAL ISSUES INVOLVING ALS CASES
6. ISSUES REGARDING ILLEGAL DETENTION IN ALS CASES
7. PROBABLE CAUSE TO ARREST/FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS
   1. FACTORS DETERMINING PROBABLE CAUSE
   2. FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS
   3. POST ARREST FIELD SOBRIETY TESTS
   4. MISCELLANEOUS
8. ISSUES INVOLVING REFUSAL TO TAKE CHEMICAL TEST
   1. INFORMING OF ALS RIGHTS
   2. CHOICE OF TEST/DISCRETION OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
   3. RECANTATION OF REFUSAL
   4. RIGHT TO COUNSEL
   5. DEEMED REFUSAL
   6. MISCELLANEOUS
9. ISSUES INVOLVING CHEMICAL TESTS TAKEN IN ALS CASES
   1. 20-MINUTE OBSERVATION PERIOD
   2. CERTIFICATION/ACCURACY OF INTOXILYZER 5000
   3. DELAY IN OBTAINING BREATH TEST RESULTS
   4. MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES INVOLVING BREATH TESTS
10. INDEPENDENT TESTS/SECOND SAMPLES BLOOD TESTS
11. PROCEDURAL ISSUES INVOLVING ALS CASES
    1. DSMV426 FORM/ALS FORM
       1. SWORN REPORT
       2. ISSUES REGARDING PINK COPY OF ALS FORM
       3. MISCELLANEOUS
    2. VIOLATION OF ADMINISTRATIVE RULES/REGULATIONS
       1. DECISION WITHIN 15 DAYS
       2. HEARING CONDUCTED AFTER 20 DAYS
       3. "GOOD CAUSE" FOR CONTINUANCE
       4. COPY OF TAPE
    3. HEARINGS REQUESTED AT DMV BEYOND 30 DAYS
    4. COLLATERAL ESTOPPEL/DOUBLE JEOPARDY
    5. PROCEDURAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO CONDUCT OF HEARING
    6. APPEALS
    7. MISCELLANEOUS
12. CASES INVOLVING BACK OF DSMV426 FORM AND LENGTH OF REVOCATION
13. UNTIMELY FILING OF APPEAL/OVER 30 DAYS
14. HABITUAL OFFENDER APPEALS
    1. HABITUAL OFFENDER CERTIFICATIONS
    2. HABITUAL OFFENDER DEFAULTS
    3. HABITUAL OFFENDER DECERTIFICATION
15. MISCELLANEOUS APPEAL
    1. RED FLAGS/SUBSTANCE ABUSE
    2. PERSONS HAZARDOUS TO PUBLIC SAFETY/SAF-C 204.13
    3. MEDICAL IMPAIRMENT/SAF-C 205.08
    4. CHINS / RSA 263:56-B / SAF-C 215.01
    5. POINT SYSTEM SUSPENSION
    6. FRAUDULENT ACTIVITIES/PROHIBITIONS / RSA 263:12 / SAF-C 204.15
    7. RECIPROCITY
    8. UNINSURED ACCIDENTS
    9. FATAL ACCIDENTS
    10. FALSE STATEMENT
16. TABLE OF CASES