State v. Jeffrey R. Keenan

**559 The defendant, Jeffrey R. Keenan, appeals his conviction in the Circuit Court ( Stephen , J.) for driving a motor vehicle while his vehicle registration privileges were suspended, in violation of RSA 261:178 (2014). Because the defendant's conviction was based upon his lawful operation of a vehicle owned and registered to his son, we reverse.

The following facts have been gleaned from the record and are not disputed. On January 25, 2017, the New Hampshire Department of Safety (DOS) suspended the *731 defendant's operating privileges. On January 31, DOS suspended the defendant's registration…