Judkins Clarifies: Testimony About the Absence of a DMV Decertification Request Is Not Hearsay, and Lesser-Included OAS Instructions Require an Independent Evidentiary Basis Introduction In State of...
Charging Official Cannot Preside: Recusal Required for Agency Head Who Signed Revocation; Certiorari Is the Proper Review Path Introduction In Petition of Dean, 2025 N.H 44, the New Hampshire Supreme...
Independent Source Doctrine Purges Taint of Unlawful Cell-Phone Seizure: State v. Rodriguez, 2025 N.H. 43 Introduction In State v. Rodriguez, 2025 N.H. 43, the Supreme Court of New Hampshire affirmed...
No Written Findings Needed When Denying Child-Support Deviation; Extracurricular Costs Are Included in Guideline Support Commentary on In the Matter of Clara Carr and Ryan Carr, Supreme Court of New...
New Hampshire Narrows Crime-Fraud Exception to Intended Fraud and Confirms Common-Interest Privilege Requires Pending Litigation Introduction In Atl. Anesthesia, P.A. v. Lehrer, 2025 N.H. 42, the...
Time-of-Service Knowledge, Not Post-Event Intoxication, Governs Overservice Liability Under RSA 179:5, I Introduction In Appeal of Tower Hill Tavern, LLC, 2025 N.H. 41, the New Hampshire Supreme...
Purposely Failing to Stop Is Independently Chargeable Under RSA 265:4, I(c): No Proof of Willful Eluding Required Introduction In State of New Hampshire v. Donald Thompson (No. 2024-0519), decided by...
Police Non-Charging Is Not Dispositive; Pattern Evidence Permissible to Prove a “Credible Present Threat” Under RSA 173-B — Commentary on S.L. v. S.B. (N.H. Sept. 12, 2025) Introduction In S.L. v....
Separate and Distinct: N.H. Supreme Court Clarifies that Dependents’ Workers’ Comp Death-Benefit Claims Are Independent Under RSA 281-A:26; RSA 281-A:42-d Clock Runs from Denial of the Dependent’s...
ADA Noncompliance Is Not a Defense to Termination of Parental Rights in New Hampshire Commentary on In re K.O., 2025 N.H. 39 (N.H. Sept. 4, 2025) Introduction In In re K.O., 2025 N.H. 39, the New...
"Justice Requires" Can Extend Alimony Beyond the 50% Duration Guideline: Caregiving-Based Economic Injury and Property Division as Special Circumstances in New Hampshire Introduction In the Matter of...
Rule 15(b) Suppression Deadline Tied to the Sole Dispositional Conference—Later Status/Scheduling Orders Do Not Restart the Clock Introduction In State of New Hampshire v. John Santiago (No....
Unaccepted Street Dedications Create Present Public Travel Easements That Control the RSA 231:8 “Occasion” Analysis Introduction In Taylor Community v. City of Laconia, 2025 N.H. 38, the Supreme...
Dynamic IP Circumstantial Evidence Can Sustain Criminal Contempt; Date and Time Are Not Elements of Contempt or Probation Violations in New Hampshire Introduction In State of New Hampshire v. Ian...
Residency by Intent: New Hampshire Validates Rule 902.01 and Denies Credit for Out-of-State Taxes under the Interest and Dividends Tax Introduction In Morris v. Commissioner, N.H. Department of...
No “Whole Story” Shortcut: New Hampshire Bars Use of Restraining Orders and Subsequent Violations as Rule 404(b) “Context” Absent a Non‑Propensity Link and Overriding Probative Value Introduction In...
Privileged Records Are Categorically Exempt; Original Payment Records Must Be Disclosed: Keene Publishing Corp. v. Fall Mountain Reg’l Sch. Dist. (2025) Introduction In Keene Publishing Corporation...
Prejudice, Not Error: New Hampshire Supreme Court Reaffirms That Cumulative Outcry and Treating-Physician Testimony Do Not Establish Ineffective Assistance Absent a Reasonable Probability of a...
Prior Threats as Intrinsic Evidence of "Present Threat" Coercion in AFSA: The New Hampshire Supreme Court’s Clarification in State v. Rinaldi Introduction In State of New Hampshire v. Matthew Rinaldi...
Variance Scope Is Defined by Applicant Representations; Public Rentals and Simulator Uses Exceed Accessory-Use Variances, and Redevelopment Abandons Prior Nonconforming Use — 135 NSS, LLC v. City of...