Mark Stevens (born in Lynn, Massachusetts) is a criminal defense lawyer in Salem, New Hampshire. He graduated from the University of New Hampshire and the Massachusetts School of Law. His publications include, A Practical Guide to Trying DWI Cases in New Hampshire (2010) and the Pocket Guide to Juror Voir Dire in Massachusetts: Criminal Practice (2015). His clients have included Jeffrey Dingman, who was paroled in 2014 after a double murder conviction for killing his parents. Stevens also represented Pamela Smart co-conspirators Patrick Randall in 2015, and Vance Lattime, Jr. in 2005. In 2011, he represented John Coughlin in a widely covered speeding case. Coughlin was cited by state police for driving 102 miles per hour because his wife was delivering a baby as he rushed to the hospital; his speeding charge was dismissed after trial. In 2016, Stevens successfully obtained a court order forcing the State of New Hampshire to return the handgun used as the murder weapon in the case of State v. Pamela Smart.
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Stevens began his legal career as a freelancer in 1975 before becoming a defence lawyer.
References
- "MCLE | New England: CLE Programs, Webcasts and Publications".
- "Jeffrey Dingman, who helped brother slay parents as teens, released from prison". New York Daily News.
- "Accomplice in killing of Pam Smart's husband granted parole". 9 April 2015.
- Stevens, Rik. "Accomplice in killing of Pam Smart's husband granted parole - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2022-04-14.
- "Dad-To-Be Wins Speeding Ticket Fight". 4 April 2011.
- "Judge orders release of murder weapon in Pam Smart case | New Hampshire". www.unionleader.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-11.