The defendant, Bailey P. Serpa, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Howard, J.), requiring him to register as a sexual offender. On appeal, the defendant argues that registration as a sexual offender for a conviction of violating RSA 649-B:4 is contrary to the manifest objectives of RSA 632-A:4 and violates constitutional requirements that all penalties be proportional to the offense. We aff... More...    $0 (07-04-2018 - NH)

The jury heard the following evidence. The defendant was charged with sexually assaulting the victim on multiple occasions between August 1988 and August 1990 when she was under the age of thirteen. At the time of the alleged assaults, the defendant’s family and the victim’s family lived in the same apartment building. Detective Fiske testified that she contacted the victim in 2014 after lear... More...    $0 (07-04-2018 - NH)

The record reflects the following facts. In 2011, the defendant was indicted on four counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault (AFSA). See RSA 632-A:2, I(l) (2016). These indictments alleged that, on four occasions, the defendant engaged in fellatio with a child under the age of thirteen. In May 2013, the defendant pleaded guilty to two of the AFSA charges and the State entered a nolle pro... More...    $0 (07-04-2018 - NH)

Concord, NH - Inmates At FCI-Berlin Pleads Guilty To Assault

Leonard Johnson and Robert Dales, both inmates at the Federal Correctional Institution FCI-Berlin, pleaded guilty to assaulting another inmate on May 23, 2017. A sentencing hearing for Leonard Johnson and for Robert Dales will be held on June 27th, 2018. .

According to documents filed with the ... More...    $0 (03-14-2018 - NH)

The defendant, Carlos Gonzalez, III, appeals his convictions on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2 (2016). The defendant argues that the Trial Court (Wageling, J.) erred when it vacated the pro hac vice admission of two out-of-state attorneys, thereby depriving him of his right to chosen counsel under Part I, Article 15 of the State Constitution and the Sixth Ame... More...    $0 (11-07-2017 - NH)

We recite here a summary of the record evidence. We note that the issues raised by the defendant address two rulings made by the trial court, one after a suppression hearing and the other at trial. This summary of the evidence is drawn from the trial record.

The defendant was scheduled to graduate from Portsmouth High School on June 13, 2014. He made plans with his friends to attend... More...    $0 (02-02-2017 - NH)

Following a bench trial based upon stipulated facts, the defendant, Sean McInnis, was convicted of two counts of possession of a controlled drug. See RSA 318-B:2, I (2011). On appeal, he challenges his convictions, arguing that the Superior Court (Tucker, J.) erroneously denied his motion to suppress. We affirm.

The following facts are drawn from the trial court’s order, or are oth... More...    $0 (01-16-2017 - NH)

The jury could have found the following facts. The defendant is the biological father of the victim. The charges stem from an incident that occurred in February 2012. The victim, who was then approximately 13 years old, was having a friend sleep at her house. The victim and her friend became intoxicated on alcohol that the defendant had provided them. When the victim woke up in the early morn... More...    $0 (12-14-2016 - NH)

The relevant facts follow. The charges against the defendant stem from events occurring on July 26, 2010, at the New Hampshire State Prison where the defendant and the victim were then incarcerated. The defendant was a member of a prison gang known as the Brotherhood of White Warriors (BOWW), and had been ordered by Frankie Philbrook, a high-ranking member of BOWW, to assault the victim because ... More...    $0 (11-20-2016 - NH)

HICKS, J. The defendant, David Aldrich, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (MacLeod, J.), on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, I(j) (2007). The defendant challenges the trial court’s ruling preventing him from crossexamining the victim about three of four allegedly false allegations of sexual assault that she had made against othe... More...    $0 (09-18-2016 - NH)

The defendant, David Aldrich, appeals his conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (MacLeod, J.), on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, I(j) (2007). The defendant challenges the trial court’s ruling preventing him from crossexamining the victim about three of four allegedly false allegations of sexual assault that she had made against other men. He a... More...    $0 (09-03-2016 - NH)

The relevant facts follow. In April 2014, the defendant was convicted of two counts of reckless conduct, see RSA 631:3 (2007) (amended 2014), and one count of being a felon in possession of a dangerous weapon, see RSA 159:3
(2014). On one of the reckless conduct charges, he received a time-served sentence. On the two remaining charges, he received consecutive three-andone-half-to-seven-yea... More...    $0 (07-13-2016 - NH)

The defendant, Paul Bedell, appeals his convictions on two counts of aggravated felonious sexual assault. See RSA 632-A:2, I(l) (2007). The defendant argues that the Superior Court (Bornstein, J.) erred when, on the second day of trial, it dismissed a juror after it erroneously concluded that the juror could no longer be impartial. We affirm because we conclude that, although error, the juror’s... More...    $0 (05-27-2016 - NH)

The jury could have found the following facts. In 2009, the victim, age fourteen, became acquainted with the defendant and his wife, Michelle Collins, through community dinners held by churches in the Lebanon area. Soon thereafter, the victim began visiting the defendant and his wife at their trailer home in Grafton. After several visits, the victim began spending the night at the Collinses’ ho... More...    $0 (04-23-2016 - NH)

The defendant, Joseph Kuchman, appeals decisions of the Superior Court (Lewis and Brown, JJ.) related to his conviction by a jury on one count of first degree assault. See RSA 631:1, I (2007). The defendant argues that the trial court erred when it denied his request for a bill of particulars, denied his multiple motions for a mistrial, and admitted evidence of a telephone conversation. For th... More...    $0 (04-21-2016 - NH)

The record supports the following facts. On October 1, 2002, the defendant was indicted on two counts of second degree assault. Both charges alleged that, on June 9, 2002, the defendant struck the same victim in the head using his fists. On November 17, 2003, the day that the defendant’s trial was scheduled to begin, the State entered a nolle prosequi on one of the charges. Following trial, a ... More...    $0 (04-10-2016 - NH)

LYNN, J. The defendant, Christina Thomas, appeals her conviction, following a jury trial in Superior Court (Lewis, J.), of first degree assault for knowingly causing serious bodily injury to a person under 13 years of age. See RSA 631:1, I(d) (2007). She argues that the trial court erred by: (1) admitting evidence of “other bad acts” committed against the victim and the victim’s mother; and (2... More...    $0 (02-25-2016 - NH)

The pertinent facts are as follows. In 2002, the defendant reconnected with E.A., a childhood friend. Shortly thereafter, E.A. moved in with the defendant and her family. In August 2003, E.A. gave birth to D.A. and continued residing with the defendant, who promised to help take care of the child. E.A. and D.A. lived with the defendant until 2010, when D.A. was removed from the home and E.A. l... More...    $0 (02-23-2016 - NH)

In 2008, the defendant, Michael Addison, was convicted of the 2006 capital murder of Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs and sentenced to death. We subsequently affirmed the defendant’s conviction for capital murder, concluding that his sentence was not imposed under the influence of passion, prejudice or any other arbitrary factor, and that the
evidence was sufficient to support the j... More...    $0 (02-22-2016 - NH)