Criminal Law No. 2018-0637 Dec. 13, 2019 Affirmed Whether RSA 597:2 permits a trial court to set cash bail at an amount the defendant cannot afford solely because that defendant is a flight risk. The Court held that RSA 597:2...
Criminal Law/Constitutional Law An appeal from Carroll County No. 2018-0464 Nov. 22, 2019 Affirmed. Whether application of and conviction under RSA 649-A under the presented circumstances violated the defendant’s First Amendment of the United...
Criminal Law/Constitutional Law Appeal from Sullivan County, No. 2018-0292 Nov. 26, 2019 Affirmed. Whether the trial court erred in holding the evidence against defendant was sufficient to support the jury conviction that he operated his...
Criminal Law No. 2017-0361 September 18, 2019 Affirmed Whether the trial court erred by allowing an expert to testify in violation of the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Whether the trial court erred...
Sufficiency of Evidence/Sentencing No. 2018-0441 August 21, 2019 Affirmed A confidential informant made three controlled buys of drugs at the defendant’s premises. The plaintiff was subsequently arrested, charged, and found guilty on three drug...
Suppression/Armed Career Criminal Statute No. 2018-0029 August 8, 2019 Affirmed in part; reversed in part; and remanded Whether the trial court erred by granting the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence of a firearm and a motion to...
Juvenile Delinquency/Statutory Interpretation No. 2018-0601 August 6, 2019 Affirmed Whether the trial court erred in determining that the Office of the Attorney General’s investigatory records pertaining to a juvenile delinquency...
CRIMINAL LAW No. 2018-0424 July 30, 2019 Vacated and Remanded Issue: Did the trial court err in denying the defendant’s request to vacate his conviction. In 1991, the defendant took a plea bargain. 27 years later, he filed a motion to vacate his...
CRIMINAL LAW No. 2018-0118 July 11, 2019 Affirmed Issue: Whether the evidence was sufficient to convict the defendant of falsifying physical evidence. Issue: Whether the trial court erred in denying the defendant’s jury instructing interpreting...
CRIMINAL LAW No. 2018-0130 July 9, 2019 Affirmed Issue: Did the Court err in finding the State presented sufficient evidence that the defendant intentionally violated the court’s order. The Town owned a nature preserve accessed by a deeded...
Criminal Law No. 2018-0096 June 14, 2019 Affirmed Issue: Whether trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance of counsel when he failed to object to the testimony of the State’s expert witness. The State appealed an order of the Superior Court...
Criminal No. 2017-0265 June 7, 2019 Affirmed Issue: Whether trial counsel’s failure to mention a specific defense in his opening statement and closing argument violated the defendant’s right to effective assistance of counsel; whether...
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