Criminal Law No. 2017-0557 February 13, 2018 Affirmed Whether the trial court can order a forfeiture of a bond only when a defendant fails to appear for a court date and not for a violation of other bail conditions The petitioner, a corporate...
Criminal Law No. 2017-0712 January 8, 2019 Affirmed. Whether there was legal error in admitting certain evidence of uncharged conduct into evidence and allowing two witnesses to testify about defendant’s statements regarding his victim’s...
Criminal Law No. 2017-0443 Dec. 21, 2018 Affirmed. Multiple questions concerning the defendant’s conviction of second-degree murder, second degree assault and felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, including: the trial court’s failure to...
Criminal Law No. 2017-0692 December 7, 2018 Revised. Whether the defendant’s act of driving a vehicle lawfully registered to another person while his registration was suspended constituted a violation of RSA 261:178. On January 25, 2017, the NH...
Criminal No. 2017-0413 Nov. 1, 2018 Affirmed. Whether a five-day delay between seizing a vehicle and applying for a search warrant was so unreasonable as to be unconstitutional. On June 30, the defendant was pulled over for speeding while driving...
Criminal No. 2017-0599 Nov. 28, 2018 Affirmed. Whether the defendant was in custody for Miranda purposes and whether his consent to a search was voluntary. The victim reported that a man had sexually assaulted her inside a store. Two detectives...
Criminal No. 2015-0687 Nov. 6, 2018 Affirmed. Addressing whether: (1) there was sufficient evidence to support the defendant’s conviction; (2) the trial court erred by not allowing cross-examination of a witness; and (3) the trial court erred by...
Criminal No. 2016-0363 Nov. 1, 2018 Reversed and remanded. Whether a defendant was “stopped in transit” such that the police did not need a warrant to search her vehicle. The State appealed an order granting the defendant’s motion to suppress...
Criminal No. 2017-0569 Nov. 28, 2018 Affirmed. Whether a defendant is “brought to trial” for the purposes of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (RSA chapter 606-A) when a jury is selected. The defendant appealed his conviction arguing...
No. 2017-0512 Oct. 25, 2018 Reversed and remanded. The Court examined whether the defendant had constitutionally deficient counsel entitling him to a new trial. The defendant was the former step-father of a child victim that alleged she had been...
No. 2017-0387 Oct. 12, 2018 Affirmed and remanded. The Court reviewed whether the trial court unsustainably exercised its discretion or failed to apply the proper legal standard when ordering a new trial after evaluating the potential biases of...
Criminal Law – Sentencing: Cheshire, No. 2016-0530, September 11, 2018 Reversed and remanded. Whether the trial court properly denied the defendant’s request for pretrial confinement credit toward suspended sentence. In 2011, Defendant...
