Granite State Shadows

In this episode of Granite State Shadows, we dive deep into a West Lebanon traffic stop that exposes cracks in New Hampshire’s justice system. What started as a simple claim — the officer saw a driver holding a phone — spiraled into questions about post-hoc report edits, unreported violations, and credibility collapse. We break down how the officer’s initial observation of an expired registration...

In this episode, we dissect the judge’s ruling on the motion to suppress, analyzing each part of the decision sentence by sentence. We highlight where the judge accepted the officer’s shifting narrative, examine contradictions between dash cam, body cam, and the officer’s report, and explore how these credibility issues impact the case. Listeners will gain a detailed understanding of why the suppr...

The State fires back. In Episode Three, we dissect the prosecution’s objection—and the dramatic shift in their story of why the stop occurred. What began as a “phone violation” suddenly becomes a case about expired registration, uncertain observations, and speculation about toothbrushes and sandwiches. This episode highlights the State’s contradictions, the admissions hidden between the lines, and...

In this episode of Granite State Shadows, we break down the defense’s motion to suppress—Kevin’s first major legal strike against the State. We walk step-by-step through what the officer claimed to see, what the law actually requires, and how a split-second observation at a red light spiraled into multiple criminal charges. This episode reveals the constitutional principles at stake, the key prece...

In the debut episode of Granite State Shadows, we open the file on an ongoing New Hampshire case involving a routine traffic stop that quickly spiraled into something much larger. When “Kevin,” a local resident experiencing a medical emergency, is pulled over for what the officer claims was a cellphone violation, the moment sparks a chain of events that raises serious questions about police credib...